From 5b0182470cfc87502bf576132c41fe3052cff5a2 2013-05-22 23:40:43
From: Lance Edgar <lance@edbob.org>
Date: 2013-05-22 23:40:43
Subject: [PATCH] Added `temp_path()` function in `files` module.

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diff --git a/rattail/files.py b/rattail/files.py
index 39afb785e3c94d2c7cd54cb05f54391f464b234b..30fcadc8d104a295460427fd781c7cf55a93a0cd 100644
--- a/rattail/files.py
+++ b/rattail/files.py
@@ -28,9 +28,11 @@
 This module contains various utility functions for use with the filesystem.
 """
 
+import os
 import os.path
 import shutil
 import lockfile
+import tempfile
 from datetime import datetime
 
 import pkg_resources
@@ -116,3 +118,16 @@ def resource_path(path):
     if not os.path.isabs(path) and ':' in path:
         return pkg_resources.resource_filename(*path.split(':'))
     return path
+
+
+def temp_path(suffix='.tmp', prefix='rattail.', **kwargs):
+    """
+    Returns a path for a temporary file.
+
+    This is a convenience function which wraps ``tempfile.mkstemp()``.  The
+    meaning of the arguments is the same.
+    """
+
+    fd, path = tempfile.mkstemp(suffix, prefix, **kwargs)
+    os.close(fd)
+    return path