> On win32 it will usually (but not always) provide a file name in a directory > writeable only by the current user.
OS X 10.5 also does this. >>> import tempfile >>> tempfile.mktemp() '/var/folders/Ru/RuapMUan2RWWJ++1YwBnRU++0T6/-Tmp-/tmpjjkKha' >>> os.system("ls -dl /var/folders/Ru/RuapMUan2RWWJ++1YwBnRU++0T6/-Tmp-") drwx------ 2 wjanssen 100 68 May 7 08:34 /var/folders/Ru/RuapMUan2RWWJ++1YwBnRU++0T6/-Tmp- 0 >>> Bill _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com