TempFileStream

Description: This function uses the OS tmpfile() function to create a temporary file on disk and to connect a stream to the temporary file. The temporary file is removed when the stream is closed or no longer referenced or if the VTS process is terminated.

Returns: Stream

Usage: Script or Steady State

Format: TempFileStream(Buffer)

Parameters: Buffer { text } { required } { no default: }

Any text or buffer expression. This serves as the initial content of the stream.

Comments: This function returns a stream connected to a temporary disk file with the contents of Buffer; the pointer at which an action (read or write) commences will be at the start of the stream. Writing to this stream can overwrite and/or expand the size of this initial stream and file.

Example:

Stream = TempFileStream("0123456789");

The variable stream would contain "0123456789".