From: 13 <one.three@...>
Date: 2006-05-02T02:33:47+09:00
Subject: Re: Generate unique filenames

Hi,

Tempfile creates an empty file (in /tmp by default) even if I don't
write in it. It's not very good IMO. I rather choose some self made
random number based solution. It would be great if there were some
Tempfile class method like Tempfile.name(basename, tmpdir=Dir::tmpdir)
which returns just a name without creating a file.

Thanks to all who helped !

--
Martins

On 5/1/06, Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> wrote:
> 2006/5/1, 13 <one.three@gmail.com>:
> > Hi list,
> >
> > What is the best/easiest way to generate unique filenames ? Couln't
> > find such method in Ruby :(
>
> You can use tempfile
> http://ruby-doc.org/stdlib/libdoc/tempfile/rdoc/index.html
>
> Kind regards
>
> robert
>
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