Java File Class - Create Temporary Files

A Java example that creates a temporary file with File.createTempFile

The following example creates a temporary file.

Example

package com.devkuma.tutorial.java.io;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;

public class CreateTempFile {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        try {
            // create a temp file
            File temp = File.createTempFile("temp_", ".tmp", new File("/Users/kimkc"));

            System.out.println("Temp file : " + temp.getAbsolutePath());
        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

The execution result is as follows.

Temp file : /Users/kimkc/temp_6504907352173891612.tmp