Matt Wheeler <m...@funkyhat.org> writes: > On 14 Feb 2016 21:46, "Ben Finney" <ben+pyt...@benfinney.id.au> wrote: > > What standard library function should I be using to generate > > ‘tempfile.mktemp’-like unique paths, and *not* ever create a real > > file by that path? > > Could you use tempfile.TemporaryDirectory and then just use a > consistent name within that directory.
That fails because it touches the filesystem. I want to avoid using a real file or a real directory. > It's guaranteed not to exist I am unconcerned with whether there is a real filesystem entry of that name; the goal entails having no filesystem activity for this. I want a valid unique filesystem path, without touching the filesystem. -- \ “I believe our future depends powerfully on how well we | `\ understand this cosmos, in which we float like a mote of dust | _o__) in the morning sky.” —Carl Sagan, _Cosmos_, 1980 | Ben Finney -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
