std::filesystem:: temp_directory_path

Returns the directory location suitable for temporary files.

Parameters

(none)

Return value

A directory suitable for temporary files. The path is guaranteed to exist and to be a directory. The overload that takes error_code & argument returns an empty path on error.

Exceptions

Any overload not marked noexcept may throw std::bad_alloc if memory allocation fails.

Notes

On POSIX systems, the path may be the one specified in the environment variables TMPDIR , TMP , TEMP , TEMPDIR , and, if none of them are specified, the path "/tmp" is returned.

On Windows systems, the path is typically the one returned by GetTempPath .

Example

#include <filesystem>
#include <iostream>
namespace fs = std::filesystem;
 
int main()
{
    std::cout << "Temp directory is " << fs::temp_directory_path() << '\n';
}

Temp directory is "C:\Windows\TEMP\"

See also