tempfile returns a vector of character strings which can be used as
names for temporary files.
tempfile(pattern = "file", tmpdir = tempdir(), fileext = "")
tempdir()tempfile a character vector giving the names of possible
(temporary) files. Note that no files are generated by tempfile.For tempdir, the path of the per-session temporary directory.
windowsBoth will use backslash as the path separator.
mclapply in
package parallel (or \href{https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=#1}{\pkg{#1}}multicoremulticore) share a per-session
temporary directory. Further, the ‘guaranteed not to be
currently in use’ applies only at the time of asking, and two
children could ask simultaneously. This is circumvented
by ensuring that tempfile calls in different children try
different names. The names are very likely to be unique among calls to tempfile
in an R session and across simultaneous R sessions (unless
tmpdir is specified). The filenames are guaranteed not to be
currently in use.
The file name is made by concatenating the path given by
tmpdir, the pattern string, a random string in hex and
a suffix of fileext.
By default, tmpdir will be the directory given by
tempdir(). This will be a subdirectory of the per-session
temporary directory found by the following rule when the R session is
started. The environment variables TMPDIR, TMP and
TEMP are checked in turn and the first found which points to a
writable directory is used:
unix
if none succeeds ‘/tmp’ is used. The path should not contain spaces.
windows
if none succeeds the value of R_USER (see
Rconsole) is used. If the path to the directory
contains a space in any of the components, the path returned will use
the shortnames version of the path.
Note that setting any of these environment variables in the R session
has no effect on tempdir(): the per-session temporary directory
is created before the interpreter is started.
unlink for deleting files.