tempfile - Creates temporary files and directories.¶

Synopsis¶

• The tempfile module creates temporary files and directories. mktemp command takes different parameters on various systems, this module helps to avoid troubles related to that. Files/directories created by module are accessible only by creator. In case you need to make them world-accessible you need to use file module.
• For Windows targets, use the win_tempfile module instead.

Options¶

Examples¶

- name: create temporary build directory
  tempfile:
    state: directory
    suffix: build

- name: create temporary file
  tempfile:
    state: file
    suffix: temp

Return Values¶

Common return values are documented here Return Values, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Notes¶