Path.GetRandomFileName Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System.IO

Assemblies:: mscorlib.dll, System.Runtime.Extensions.dll

Assemblies:: netstandard.dll, System.Runtime.dll

Assembly:: System.Runtime.Extensions.dll

Assembly:: mscorlib.dll

Assembly:: netstandard.dll

Source:: Path.cs

Source:: Path.cs

Source:: Path.cs

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Returns a random folder name or file name.

public:
 static System::String ^ GetRandomFileName();

public static string GetRandomFileName();

static member GetRandomFileName : unit -> string

Public Shared Function GetRandomFileName () As String

Returns

String

A random folder name or file name.

Examples

The following example show output from the GetRandomFileName method.

using System;
using System.IO;

namespace ConsoleApplication1
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            string result = Path.GetRandomFileName();
            Console.WriteLine("Random file name is " + result);
        }
    }
}

/*

 This code produces output similar to the following:

 Random file name is w143kxnu.idj
 Press any key to continue . . .

 */

Imports System.IO

Module Module1

    Sub Main()
        Dim result = Path.GetRandomFileName()
        Console.WriteLine("Random file name is " + result)
    End Sub

End Module

' This code produces output similar to the following:

' Random file name is w143kxnu.idj
' Press any key to continue . . .

Remarks

Unlike GetTempFileName, GetRandomFileName does not create a file.

Applies to

Product	Versions
.NET	Core 1.0, Core 1.1, Core 2.0, Core 2.1, Core 2.2, Core 3.0, Core 3.1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
.NET Framework	2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1
.NET Standard	1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 2.0, 2.1
UWP	10.0

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