Harold Fellermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I need to create a temporary file and I need to retrieve the path
> of that file. os.tmpnam() would do the job quite well if it wasn't
> for the RuntimeWarning "tmpnam is a potential security risk to your
> program". I would like to switch to os.tmpfile() which is supposed
> to be safer, but I do not know how to get the path information from
> the file object returned by tmpfile(). any clues?
You can't. The file opened doesn't have a name
tmpfile(...)
tmpfile() -> file object
Create a temporary file with no directory entries.
Have a look at the functions in the tempfile module, mkstemp() in
particular (the posix way), or NamedTemporaryFile()
http://docs.python.org/lib/module-tempfile.html
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