Where does python tempfile writes its files?
linux, python, temporary-files
Solution
Looking at `.name` on a file handle is indeed one way to see where the file exists. In the case of `TemporaryFile` (on *NIX systems), you'll see `<fdopen>`, indicating an open file handle, but no corresponding directory entry. You'll need to use `NamedTemporaryFile` if you'd like to preserve the link to the underlying file.
If you wish to control where temporary files go, look at the `dir` parameter:
`TemporaryFile` uses `mkstemp`, which allows setting the directory with the `dir` parameter:
If `dir` is specified, the file will be created in that directory; otherwise, a default directory is used. The default directory is chosen from a platform-dependent list, but the user of the application can control the directory location by setting the `TMPDIR`, `TEMP` or `TMP` environment variables.
Problem
In python you can create a tempfile as follows: ``` tempfile.TemporaryFile() ``` And then you can write to it. Where is the file written in a GNU/Linux system? I can't seem to find it in the /tmp directory or any other directory. Thank you,