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Re: Make a unique filesystem path, without creating the file

From Dan Sommers <dan@tombstonezero.net>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Subject Re: Make a unique filesystem path, without creating the file
Date 2016-02-15 01:07 +0000
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On Mon, 15 Feb 2016 11:08:52 +1100, Ben Finney wrote:

> 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.

That's an odd use case.

If it's really just one valid filesystem path (your original post said
*paths*, plural), then how about __file__? or os.__file__?

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Re: Make a unique filesystem path, without creating the file Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2016-02-15 11:08 +1100
  Re: Make a unique filesystem path, without creating the file Dan Sommers <dan@tombstonezero.net> - 2016-02-15 01:07 +0000
    Re: Make a unique filesystem path, without creating the file Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2016-02-15 12:19 +1100
      Re: Make a unique filesystem path, without creating the file Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2016-02-15 15:54 +1100
        Re: Make a unique filesystem path, without creating the file Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2016-02-15 16:25 +1100
        Re: Make a unique filesystem path, without creating the file Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2016-02-15 18:26 -0800
      Re: Make a unique filesystem path, without creating the file Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> - 2016-02-15 21:00 +1300
        Re: Make a unique filesystem path, without creating the file Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2016-02-16 01:18 +0100
      Re: Make a unique filesystem path, without creating the file Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2016-02-15 15:49 +0000
  Re: Make a unique filesystem path, without creating the file Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2016-02-15 15:06 +1100
    Re: Make a unique filesystem path, without creating the file Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2016-02-15 15:28 +1100
      Re: Make a unique filesystem path, without creating the file Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> - 2016-02-15 21:11 +1300
      Re: Make a unique filesystem path, without creating the file Nobody <nobody@nowhere.invalid> - 2016-02-16 02:14 +0000
    Re: Make a unique filesystem path, without creating the file "Martin A. Brown" <martin@linux-ip.net> - 2016-02-14 20:48 -0800

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