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    <p class="module-desc"><p>This module creates temporary files and directories.</p>
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  <dt><pre><span class="Keyword">proc</span> <a href="#createTempDir%2Cstring%2Cstring%2Cstring"><span class="Identifier">createTempDir</span></a><span class="Other">(</span><span class="Identifier">prefix</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">suffix</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#string"><span class="Identifier">string</span></a><span class="Other">;</span> <span class="Identifier">dir</span> <span class="Other">=</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;&quot;</span><span class="Other">)</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#string"><span class="Identifier">string</span></a> {.
    <span><span class="Other pragmadots">...</span></span><span class="pragmawrap"><span class="Identifier">raises</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Identifier">OSError</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">IOError</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span>
    <span class="Identifier">tags</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Identifier">ReadEnvEffect</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">ReadIOEffect</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">WriteDirEffect</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">ReadDirEffect</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span>
    <span class="Identifier">forbids</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span></span>.}</pre></dt>
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    <p>Creates a new temporary directory in the directory <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">dir</span></span></tt>.</p>
<p>This generates a dir name using <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">genTempPath</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="Identifier">prefix</span><span class="Punctuation">,</span> <span class="Identifier">suffix</span><span class="Punctuation">,</span> <span class="Identifier">dir</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span></span></tt>, creates the directory and returns it, possibly after retrying to ensure it doesn't already exist.</p>
<p>If failing to create a temporary directory, <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">OSError</span></span></tt> will be raised.</p>
<div class="admonition admonition-info"><span class="admonition-info-text"><b>Note:</b></span>
It is the caller's responsibility to remove the directory when no longer needed.</div>
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<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">dir</span></span></tt> must exist (empty <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">dir</span></span></tt> will resolve to <a class="reference external" href="os.html#getTempDir">getTempDir</a>).</div>

<p><strong class="examples_text">Example:</strong></p>
<pre class="listing"><span class="Keyword">import</span> <span class="Identifier">std</span><span class="Operator">/</span><span class="Identifier">os</span>
<span class="Identifier">doAssertRaises</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="Identifier">OSError</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span><span class="Punctuation">:</span> <span class="Keyword">discard</span> <span class="Identifier">createTempDir</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="StringLit">&quot;&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">,</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">,</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;nonexistent&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span>
<span class="Keyword">let</span> <span class="Identifier">dir</span> <span class="Operator">=</span> <span class="Identifier">createTempDir</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="StringLit">&quot;tmpprefix_&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">,</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;_end&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span>
<span class="Comment"># dir looks like: getTempDir() / &quot;tmpprefix_YEl9VuVj_end&quot;</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Identifier">dirExists</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="Identifier">dir</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span>
<span class="Identifier">removeDir</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="Identifier">dir</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span></pre>
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    <span class="Identifier">path</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#string"><span class="Identifier">string</span></a><span class="Other">]</span> {.<span><span class="Other pragmadots">...</span></span><span class="pragmawrap"><span class="Identifier">raises</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Identifier">OSError</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">tags</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Identifier">ReadEnvEffect</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">ReadIOEffect</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span>
                    <span class="Identifier">forbids</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span></span>.}</pre></dt>
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    <p>Creates a new temporary file in the directory <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">dir</span></span></tt>.</p>
<p>This generates a path name using <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">genTempPath</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="Identifier">prefix</span><span class="Punctuation">,</span> <span class="Identifier">suffix</span><span class="Punctuation">,</span> <span class="Identifier">dir</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span></span></tt> and returns a file handle to an open file and the path of that file, possibly after retrying to ensure it doesn't already exist.</p>
<p>If failing to create a temporary file, <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">OSError</span></span></tt> will be raised.</p>
<div class="admonition admonition-info"><span class="admonition-info-text"><b>Note:</b></span>
It is the caller's responsibility to close <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">result</span><span class="Operator">.</span><span class="Identifier">cfile</span></span></tt> and remove <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">result</span><span class="Operator">.</span><span class="Identifier">file</span></span></tt> when no longer needed.</div>
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<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">dir</span></span></tt> must exist (empty <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">dir</span></span></tt> will resolve to <a class="reference external" href="os.html#getTempDir">getTempDir</a>).</div>

<p><strong class="examples_text">Example:</strong></p>
<pre class="listing"><span class="Keyword">import</span> <span class="Identifier">std</span><span class="Operator">/</span><span class="Identifier">os</span>
<span class="Identifier">doAssertRaises</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="Identifier">OSError</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span><span class="Punctuation">:</span> <span class="Keyword">discard</span> <span class="Identifier">createTempFile</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="StringLit">&quot;&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">,</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">,</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;nonexistent&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span>
<span class="Keyword">let</span> <span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="Identifier">cfile</span><span class="Punctuation">,</span> <span class="Identifier">path</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span> <span class="Operator">=</span> <span class="Identifier">createTempFile</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="StringLit">&quot;tmpprefix_&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">,</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;_end.tmp&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span>
<span class="Comment"># path looks like: getTempDir() / &quot;tmpprefix_FDCIRZA0_end.tmp&quot;</span>
<span class="Identifier">cfile</span><span class="Operator">.</span><span class="Identifier">write</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;foo&quot;</span>
<span class="Identifier">cfile</span><span class="Operator">.</span><span class="Identifier">setFilePos</span> <span class="DecNumber">0</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Identifier">readAll</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="Identifier">cfile</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span> <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;foo&quot;</span>
<span class="Identifier">close</span> <span class="Identifier">cfile</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Identifier">readFile</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="Identifier">path</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span> <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;foo&quot;</span>
<span class="Identifier">removeFile</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="Identifier">path</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span></pre>
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    <span class="Identifier">tags</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Identifier">ReadEnvEffect</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">ReadIOEffect</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">forbids</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span></span>.}</pre></dt>
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    <p>Generates a path name in <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">dir</span></span></tt>.</p>
<p>The path begins with <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">prefix</span></span></tt> and ends with <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">suffix</span></span></tt>.</p>
<div class="admonition admonition-info"><span class="admonition-info-text"><b>Note:</b></span>
<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">dir</span></span></tt> must exist (empty <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">dir</span></span></tt> will resolve to <a class="reference external" href="os.html#getTempDir">getTempDir</a>).</div>

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