def example2():
# We now do not want to use /dev/shm or /run/shm and no ramfs paths
# If /run/user/{uid} is available, we prefer it to /tmp
# And we want to try /var/run as a last resort
# If all fails, fallback to platform's tmp dir
from memory_tempfile import MemoryTempfile
# By the way, all paths with string {uid} will have it replaced with the user id
tempfile = MemoryTempfile(preferred_paths=['/run/user/{uid}'], remove_paths=['/dev/shm', '/run/shm'],
additional_paths=['/var/run'], filesystem_types=['tmpfs'], fallback=True)
if tempfile.found_mem_tempdir():
print('We could use any of the followig paths: {}'.format(tempfile.get_usable_mem_tempdir_paths()))
print('And we are using now: {}'.format(tempfile.gettempdir()))
with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile() as ntf:
# use it as usual...
pass
# We now do not want to use /dev/shm or /run/shm and no ramfs paths
# If /run/user/{uid} is available, we prefer it to /tmp
# And we want to try /var/run as a last resort
# If all fails, fallback to platform's tmp dir
from memory_tempfile import MemoryTempfile
import memory_tempfile
# By the way, all paths with string {uid} will have it replaced with the user id
tempfile = MemoryTempfile(fallback=False)
if tempfile.found_mem_tempdir():
print('We could use any of the followig paths: {}'.format(
tempfile.get_usable_mem_tempdir_paths()))
print('And we are using now: {}'.format(tempfile.gettempdir()))
with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile() as ntf:
# use it as usual...
pass