| Apache Ant TasksTempfile Tempfile Task This task sets a property to the name of a temporary file. | | | | Description | This task sets a property to the name of a temporary file. Unlike java.io.File.createTempFile , this task does not actually create the temporary file, but it does guarantee that the file did not exist when the task was executed. Examples: <tempfile property="temp.file"/> create a temporary file <tempfile property="temp.file" suffix=".xml"/> create a temporary file with the .xml suffix <tempfile property="temp.file" destDir="build"/> create a temporary file in the build subdirectory | | Parameters | Attribute | Description | Type | Requirement | property | Sets the property you wish to assign the temporary file to. | String | Required | destdir | Sets the destination directory. If not set, the basedir directory is used instead. | File | Optional | prefix | Sets the optional prefix string for the temp file. | String | suffix | Sets the optional suffix string for the temp file. | String | deleteonexit | Whether the temp file will be marked for deletion on normal exit of the Java Virtual Machine (even though the file may never be created); default false. Since Apache Ant 1.7 | boolean | createfile | Whether the temp file should be created by this task; default false.Since Ant 1.8 | boolean | | | Parameters as nested elements | | | |
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