Method get_temp_file

src/commoncode/testcase.py:139–153

Return a unique new temporary file location to a non-existing temporary file that can safely be created without a risk of name collision.

(self, extension=None, dir_name="td", file_name="tf")

        return test_loc

    def get_temp_file(self, extension=None, dir_name="td", file_name="tf"):
        """
        Return a unique new temporary file location to a non-existing temporary
        file that can safely be created without a risk of name collision.
        """
        if extension is None:
            extension = ".txt"

        if extension and not extension.startswith("."):
            extension = "." + extension

        file_name = file_name + extension
        temp_dir = self.get_temp_dir(dir_name)
        location = path.join(temp_dir, file_name)
        return location

    def get_temp_dir(self, sub_dir_path=None):
        """