GETTEMPFILE |
Description Creates a temporary file in a directory whose name starts with (at most) the first three characters of prefix.
Returns Name of a temporary file, as a string.
Category System functions
Function syntax
    GetTempFile(dir, prefix)
See also GetTempDirectory
Parameters
Example
    <h3>GetTempFile Example</h3>
    <p>The temporary directory for this ColdFusion Server is
    <cfoutput>#GetTempDirectory()#</cfoutput>.
    <p>We have created a temporary file called:
    <cfoutput>#GetTempFile(GetTempDirectory(),"testFile")#</cfoutput>

DIR |

Directory name

PREFIX |

Prefix of a temporary file to create in the dir directory