Writing File to Temp Folder

Question

I want to use StreamWriter to write a file to the temp folder.

It might be a different path on each PC, so I tried using %temp%\\SaveFile.txt

Answer 1

The Path class is very useful here.
You get two methods called

Path.GetTempFileName

Path.GetTempPath

that could solve your issue

So for example you could write: (if you don't mind the exact file name)

using(StreamWriter sw = new StreamWriter(Path.GetTempFileName()))
{
    sw.WriteLine("Your error message");
}

Or if you need to set your file name

string myTempFile = Path.Combine(Path.GetTempPath(), "SaveFile.txt");
using(StreamWriter sw = new StreamWriter(myTempFile))
{
     sw.WriteLine("Your error message");
}

Answer 2

You can dynamically retrieve a temp path using as following and better to use it instead of using hard coded string value for temp location.It will return the temp folder or temp file as you want.

string filePath = Path.Combine(Path.GetTempPath(),"SaveFile.txt");

or

Path.GetTempFileName();

Answer 3

For %appdata% take a look to

Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ApplicationData)

Answer 4

string result = Path.GetTempPath();

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.io.path.gettemppath

Answer 5

System.IO.Path.GetTempPath()

The path specified by the TMP environment variable. The path specified by the TEMP environment variable. The path specified by the USERPROFILE environment variable. The Windows directory.