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Article #3213Re: uniqe file names
From: hrue
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 18:24
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 18:24
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In article <FCAIC.92Dec9153815@woody.wbst845e.xerox.com> fcaic@wbst845e.xerox.com (Frank Caico) writes:
> I am looking for a function with which I can generate unique file names
> inside of emacs. Does anyone know of any?
(make-temp-name "/tmp/")
returns (example)
"/tmp/a06573"
(make-temp-name "~/tmp/")
returns
"~/tmp/a06573"
-hr
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