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R.utils (version 2.3.0)

tmpfile: Creates a temporary file with content

Description

Creates a temporary file with content that will auto delete as soon as there is no longer any references to it.

Usage

tmpfile(content=NULL, ...)

Arguments

content
A character string to be written to the file.
...
Optional arguments passed to tempfile().

Value

The absolute pathname to the temporary file.

See Also

tempfile().

Examples

Run this code
  md5 <- tools::md5sum(tmpfile("Hello world!"))
  print(md5)

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