1g.tempfile(1)               GRASS GIS User's Manual              g.tempfile(1)
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NAME

6       g.tempfile  - Creates a temporary file and prints it’s file name.
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KEYWORDS

9       general, support, scripts
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SYNOPSIS

12       g.tempfile
13       g.tempfile --help
14       g.tempfile [-d] pid=integer  [--help]  [--verbose]  [--quiet]  [--ui]
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16   Flags:
17       -d
18           Dry run - don’t create a file, just prints it’s file name
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20       --help
21           Print usage summary
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23       --verbose
24           Verbose module output
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26       --quiet
27           Quiet module output
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29       --ui
30           Force launching GUI dialog
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32   Parameters:
33       pid=integer [required]
34           Process id to use when naming the tempfile
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DESCRIPTION

37       g.tempfile  is designed for shell scripts that need to use large tempo‐
38       rary files.  GRASS provides a mechanism for temporary files  that  does
39       not  depend on /tmp. GRASS temporary files are created in the data base
40       with the assumption that there will be enough space under the data base
41       for  large files.  GRASS periodically removes temporary files that have
42       been left behind by programs that failed to remove them  before  termi‐
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45       g.tempfile  creates an unique file and prints the name. The user is re‐
46       quired to provide a process-id which will be used as part of  the  name
47       of  the  file.  Most Unix shells provide a way to get the process id of
48       the current shell.  For /bin/sh and /bin/csh this is $$.  It is  recom‐
49       mended that $$ be specified as the process-id for g.tempfile.
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EXAMPLE

52       For /bin/sh scripts the following syntax should be used:
53       temp1=`g.tempfile pid=$$`
54       temp2=`g.tempfile pid=$$`
55       For /bin/csh scripts, the following can be used:
56       set temp1=`g.tempfile pid=$$`
57       set temp2=`g.tempfile pid=$$`
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NOTES

60       Each  call  to  g.tempfile creates a different (i.e. unique) name.  Al‐
61       though GRASS does eventually get around to removing tempfiles that have
62       been  left  behind,  the  programmer should make every effort to remove
63       these files. They often get large and take up disk space. If you  write
64       /bin/sh  scripts,  learn  to use the /bin/sh trap command. If you write
65       /bin/csh scripts, learn to use the /bin/csh onintr command.
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AUTHOR

68       Michael Shapiro, U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory
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SOURCE CODE

71       Available at: g.tempfile source code (history)
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