In Java: create a unique random file name in a directory

Question

How to create a random unique file name in a directory (of my choice)?

Note. . I do not want this file to be in the system time path, but in the directory that I specified

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Quintin par Jan 13 '10 at 2:58

2 answers

You need an overload of File.createTempFile(String, String, File) .

What would you see right away if you bother to look at the documentation.

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Anon. Jan 13 '10 at 3:06

cletus · Accepted Answer · 2010-01-13T03:05:16+0000

File.createTempFile() allows you to specify a directory like this:

 File uniqueFile = File.createTempFile("post", ".html", new File("/var/www/doc"));