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

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Matt Wheeler <m@funkyhat.org> writes:

> On 14 Feb 2016 21:46, "Ben Finney" <ben+python@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.

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Ben Finney

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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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