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

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Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> writes:

> On Monday 15 February 2016 11:08, 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.
>
> Your phrasing is ambiguous.

The existing behaviour of ‘tempfile.mktemp’ – actually of its internal
class ‘tempfile._RandomNameSequence’ – is to generate unpredictable,
unique, valid filesystem paths that are different each time.

That's the behaviour I want, in a public API that exposes what
‘tempfile’ already has implemented, documented in a way that doesn't
create a scare about security.

> But if you explain in more detail why you want this filename, perhaps
> we can come up with some ideas that will help.

The behaviour is already implemented in the standard library. What I'm
looking for is a way to use it (not re-implement it) that is public API
and isn't scolded by the library documentation.

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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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