Modifier

Directory.CreateTempSubdirectory(String) Method

Definition

Creates a uniquely named, empty directory in the current user's temporary directory.

public static System.IO.DirectoryInfo CreateTempSubdirectory(string? prefix = default);
static member CreateTempSubdirectory : string -> System.IO.DirectoryInfo
Public Shared Function CreateTempSubdirectory (Optional prefix As String = Nothing) As DirectoryInfo

Parameters

prefix
String

An optional string to add to the beginning of the subdirectory name.

Returns

An object that represents the directory that was created.

Exceptions

prefix contains a directory separator.

A new directory cannot be created.

Remarks

This method creates a new directory with a unique name under the path returned by GetTempPath. On Unix-like operating systems, the parent temporary directory might be shared among all users, whereas the directory created by CreateTempSubdirectory is created with owner-only permissions (700).

Applies to