Find the temporary folder

[Asbjørn Ulsberg]

I just wonder if it's a simpler way to get the path to the current user's
temporary folder than this:

string path = Path.GetFullPath(Path.Combine(Environment.GetFolde rPath(
Environment.SpecialFolder.LocalApplicationData), "..\\Temp"));

It works, but is quite cumbersome. I also find it strange that
Path.Combine()
doesn't fix the '..\' part, so I need to use Path.GetFullPath() to have the
'..\' resolved (it walks down one directory from the '..\Local Settings\
Application Data' folder and gives '..\Local Settings').

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"He's a loathsome offensive brute, yet I can't look away"

[Niki Estner]

"Asbjørn Ulsberg" <as******@hotmail.com> wrote in
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I just wonder if it's a simpler way to get the path to the current user's
temporary folder than this:

string path = Path.GetFullPath(Path.Combine(Environment.GetFolde rPath(
Environment.SpecialFolder.LocalApplicationData), "..\\Temp"));

It works, but is quite cumbersome. I also find it strange that
Path.Combine()
doesn't fix the '..\' part, so I need to use Path.GetFullPath() to have the '..\' resolved (it walks down one directory from the '..\Local Settings\
Application Data' folder and gives '..\Local Settings').

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Asbjørn Ulsberg -=|=- as******@hotmail.com
"He's a loathsome offensive brute, yet I can't look away"

Usually %temp% points to the temp folder, so you could try
'Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("temp")'.

Niki

[Arild Bakken]

"Asbjørn Ulsberg" <as******@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:op**************@news.individual.net...

I just wonder if it's a simpler way to get the path to the current user's
temporary folder than this:

string path = Path.GetFullPath(Path.Combine(Environment.GetFolde rPath(
Environment.SpecialFolder.LocalApplicationData), "..\\Temp"));

It works, but is quite cumbersome. I also find it strange that
Path.Combine()
doesn't fix the '..\' part, so I need to use Path.GetFullPath() to have the '..\' resolved (it walks down one directory from the '..\Local Settings\
Application Data' folder and gives '..\Local Settings').

--
Asbjørn Ulsberg -=|=- as******@hotmail.com
"He's a loathsome offensive brute, yet I can't look away"

System.IO.Path.GetTempPath();
Arild

[Mark Rae]

"Asbjørn Ulsberg" <as******@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:op**************@news.individual.net...

I just wonder if it's a simpler way to get the path to the current user's
temporary folder than this:

string path = Path.GetFullPath(Path.Combine(Environment.GetFolde rPath(
Environment.SpecialFolder.LocalApplicationData), "..\\Temp"));

How about

string path = System.Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("TEMP");

[Marcin Grzębski]

Hi,

I just wonder if it's a simpler way to get the path to the current user's
temporary folder than this:

string path = Path.GetFullPath(Path.Combine(Environment.GetFolde rPath(
Environment.SpecialFolder.LocalApplicationData), "..\\Temp"));

It works, but is quite cumbersome. I also find it strange that
Path.Combine()
doesn't fix the '..\' part, so I need to use Path.GetFullPath() to have the
'..\' resolved (it walks down one directory from the '..\Local Settings\
Application Data' folder and gives '..\Local Settings').

Use:

Path.GetTempPath()

Other way is to get path from environmental variable by:

Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("TEMP")
or
Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("TMP")

Regards

Marcin