B.61 Tempfile Task

B.61 Tempfile Task
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This task sets a property to the name of a temporary file. Unlike PhingFile::createTempFile(), this task does not actually create the temporary file, but it does guarantee that the file did not exist when the task was executed.

Table B.64: Attributes

Name	Type	Description	Default	Required
`property`	`String`	Sets the property you wish to assign the temporary file to.	n/a	yes
`destdir`	`String`	Sets the destination directory. If not set, the basedir directory is used instead.	basedir	no
`prefix`	`String`	Sets the optional prefix string for the temp file.	n/a	no
`suffix`	`String`	Sets the optional suffix string for the temp file.	n/a	no
`deleteonexit`	`Boolean`	Whether the temp file will be marked for deletion on normal exit (even though the file may never be created).	false	no
`createfile`	`Boolean`	Whether the temp file should be created by this task.	false	no

B.61.1 Example

<tempfile property="temp.file"/>

create a temporary file

<tempfile property="temp.file" suffix=".xml"/>

create a temporary file with the .xml suffix

<tempfile property="temp.file" destDir="build"/>

create a temporary file in the build subdirectory

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