sptempdir 0.1.3

This module generates temporary directories

Function parameters:

sptempdir.TemporaryDirectory(suffix="", prefix="", dir=None, delete=True)

By default temporary directory will be deleted when function it is closed.

Example 1:

The name property returns the name of a temporary directory.

import os
import sptempdir

with sptempdir.TemporaryDirectory(prefix="prefbegin_", suffix="_suffend") as temp:
    print('temp.name:', temp.name)  # retrieve the name temporary directory
    print('Inside:', os.path.exists(temp.name))

print('Outside:', os.path.exists(temp.name))

Terminal output:

$ test_create_tempdir.py
temp.name: /tmp/prefbegin_66XxiFkN6Nm4_suffend
Inside: True
Outside: False

Example 2:

import os
import sptempdir

temp = sptempdir.TemporaryDirectory()
print('temp.name:', temp.name)  # retrieve the name temporary directory
print('Tempdir exists:', os.path.exists(temp.name))

temp.rmtemp()  # manually remove temporary directory
print('Tempdir exists:', os.path.exists(temp.name))

Terminal output:

$ test_create_tempdir.py
temp.name: /tmp/RCgAzfsATQnb
Tempdir exists: True
Tempdir exists: False

Example 3:

If the delete parameter is delete=False, the temp directory is not deleted.

import os
import sptempdir

temp = sptempdir.TemporaryDirectory(delete=False)
print('temp.name:', temp.name)  # retrieve the name temporary directory
print('Tempdir exists:', os.path.exists(temp.name))

temp.rmtemp()  # manually remove temporary directory
print('Tempdir exists:', os.path.exists(temp.name))

Terminal output:

$ test_create_tempdir.py
temp.name: /tmp/kWwCWn42NRsr
Tempdir exists: True
Tempdir exists: True

Example 4:

Specific path where you want to create temporary directory.

import sptempdir

temp = sptempdir.TemporaryDirectory(dir="/home/user/Desktop")
print(temp.name)  # retrieve the name temporary directory

Terminal output:

$ test_create_tempdir.py
/home/user/Desktop/4ZdTvLNqVuyE

Installation:

pip install sptempdir
# or
pip install https://github.com/sefikail/sptempdir/tarball/master

License:

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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(SP)TEMPDIR = ( Sefikail + Python ) + TEMPDIR