[fpc-pascal] GetTempFileName in Linux

[Graeme Geldenhuys]

On 6 October 2010 23:57, Jonathan <winelauncher.jonathan at googlemail.com> wrote:
> Create a folder in the temp directory naming it after the user name. E.g /tmp/myusername/
> Ensure only the owner can read and write in the folder.
> Create a folder in "/tmp/myusername/" using your program name.
> Then create your temp file. so you have "/tmp/myusername/programname/tmp01"

The norm under my system, Ubuntu Linux 10.04 (and probably all other
Linux systems too), is to use the format "<program>-<user>" as the
temp directory. See the listing of my /tmp/ directory.


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srwxr-xr-x 1 graemeg graemeg      0 2010-10-06 14:47 gedit.graemeg.3293794453
drwx------ 2 graemeg graemeg   4096 2010-09-28 09:19 keyring-tTwy4j
drwx------ 2 graemeg graemeg   4096 2010-10-06 16:29 mc-graemeg
drwx------ 2 root    root      4096 2010-10-01 09:27 mc-root
drwx------ 2 gdm     gdm       4096 2010-09-28 09:19 orbit-gdm
drwx------ 2 graemeg graemeg   4096 2010-10-07 09:07 orbit-graemeg
drwx------ 2 root    root      4096 2010-10-01 09:27 orbit-root
drwx------ 2 graemeg graemeg   4096 2010-09-28 09:19 pulse-6W7jC4ahCwwh
drwx------ 2 gdm     gdm       4096 2010-09-28 09:19 pulse-PKdhtXMmr18n
drwx------ 2 graemeg graemeg   4096 2010-09-28 09:19 ssh-ksaXcs1548
drwxr-xr-x 2 graemeg graemeg   4096 2010-10-07 09:05 TempDUnitFiles
-rw-r--r-- 1 graemeg graemeg 672364 2010-10-06 17:00 TMP00000.log
drwx------ 2 graemeg graemeg   4096 2010-09-28 09:19 virtual-graemeg.pm1Pse
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Regards,
  - Graeme -


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