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BlueRay101
BlueRay101

Reputation: 1487

Writing File to Temp Folder

I want to use StreamWriter to write a file to the temp folder.

It might be a different path on each PC, so I tried using %temp%\SaveFile.txt but it didn't work.

How can I save to the temp folder, using environmental variables?

And for example, can I use an environmental variable for storing files in %appdata%?

Upvotes: 77

Views: 138143

Answers (5)

EkoostikMartin
EkoostikMartin

Reputation: 6921

string result = System.IO.Path.GetTempPath();

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.io.path.gettemppath

Upvotes: 123

Steve
Steve

Reputation: 216353

The Path class is very useful here.
You get two methods called

Path.GetTempFileName

Path.GetTempPath

that could solve your issue

So for example you could write: (if you don't mind the exact file name)

using(StreamWriter sw = new StreamWriter(Path.GetTempFileName()))
{
    sw.WriteLine("Your error message");
}

Or if you need to set your file name

string myTempFile = Path.Combine(Path.GetTempPath(), "SaveFile.txt");
using(StreamWriter sw = new StreamWriter(myTempFile))
{
     sw.WriteLine("Your error message");
}

Upvotes: 54

Pacman
Pacman

Reputation: 2245

System.IO.Path.GetTempPath()

The path specified by the TMP environment variable. The path specified by the TEMP environment variable. The path specified by the USERPROFILE environment variable. The Windows directory.

Upvotes: 5

Thilina H
Thilina H

Reputation: 5810

You can dynamically retrieve a temp path using as following and better to use it instead of using hard coded string value for temp location.It will return the temp folder or temp file as you want. 

string filePath = Path.Combine(Path.GetTempPath(),"SaveFile.txt");

or

Path.GetTempFileName();

Upvotes: 9

user3014562
user3014562

Reputation:

For %appdata% take a look to

Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ApplicationData)

Upvotes: 2

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