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 //by Jon Ripley, August 2007//\\ \\  The **FNtempfile** function creates and returns the name of a unique file in the current temporary directory. You should ensure that you delete this file when you no longer require it.\\ \\  //by Jon Ripley, August 2007//\\ \\  The **FNtempfile** function creates and returns the name of a unique file in the current temporary directory. You should ensure that you delete this file when you no longer require it.\\ \\ 
 +<code bb4w>
         file$ = FNtempfile         file$ = FNtempfile
         REM ...         REM ...
         SYS "DeleteFile", file$         SYS "DeleteFile", file$
 +</code>
 \\  The **FNtempdir** function creates and returns the name of a unique directory in the current temporary directory. You should ensure that you delete this directory when you no longer require it.\\ \\  \\  The **FNtempdir** function creates and returns the name of a unique directory in the current temporary directory. You should ensure that you delete this directory when you no longer require it.\\ \\ 
 +<code bb4w>
         dir$ = FNtempdir         dir$ = FNtempdir
         REM ...         REM ...
         SYS "RemoveDirectory", dir$         SYS "RemoveDirectory", dir$
 +</code>
 \\  The "RemoveDirectory" call requires that the directory to be deleted is empty. To delete a non-empty directory use the **PROCremovedirectory** function as demonstrated:\\ \\  \\  The "RemoveDirectory" call requires that the directory to be deleted is empty. To delete a non-empty directory use the **PROCremovedirectory** function as demonstrated:\\ \\ 
 +<code bb4w>
         dir$ = FNtempdir         dir$ = FNtempdir
         REM ...         REM ...
         PROCremovedirectory(dir$)         PROCremovedirectory(dir$)
 +</code>
 \\  The code for the **FNtempfile**, **FNtempdir** and **PROCremovedirectory** functions referenced in this article are listed below:\\ \\  \\  The code for the **FNtempfile**, **FNtempdir** and **PROCremovedirectory** functions referenced in this article are listed below:\\ \\ 
 +<code bb4w>
         DEF FNtempfile         DEF FNtempfile
         LOCAL T%         LOCAL T%
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         SYS "SHFileOperation", shfo{}         SYS "SHFileOperation", shfo{}
         ENDPROC         ENDPROC
 +</code>
 \\  The string "tmp" passed to "GetTempFileName" is a prefix for the temporary file name which you may change to any three character string, perhaps to be distinctive to your application. \\  The string "tmp" passed to "GetTempFileName" is a prefix for the temporary file name which you may change to any three character string, perhaps to be distinctive to your application.
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