tempdir.create_temp_dir(dir=None)

Creates a temporary directory and returns an instance of TemporaryDirectory. The directory will be deleted when the instance of TemporaryDirectory is closed.

If dir is set, the temporary directory is created as a sub-directory of dir.

TemporaryDirectory

Has the following attributes:

• path - path to the temporary directory

• close() - delete the temporary directory, including any files and sub-directories

TemporaryDirectory is a context manager, so using with will also delete the temporary directory.

tempdir.root(dir, timeout=None)

Creates a factory for temporary directories, all of which will be under the directory dir. Returns Root.

If timeout is set, any sub-directories with an age greater than timeout seconds will be deleted on cleanup. Cleanup occurs during root.create_temp_dir(), and can also be triggered manually by calling root.cleanup(). The age of a sub-directory is determined by the modification or access time, whichever is later. timeout can either be a number of seconds, or an instance of datetime.timedelta.

Root

Has the following attributes:

• create_temp_dir(): creates a temporary directory in the same way as tempman.create_temp_dir(), except that the parent directory is always the directory of the Root. Also calls cleanup().

• cleanup(): if timeout is set, delete old sub-directories as described above.