Temp folder on public computers

Richard Gaskin ambassador at fourthworld.com
Wed Jan 27 10:24:25 EST 2016


J. Landman Gay wrote:

 > Richard wrote:
 >> J. Landman Gay wrote:
 >>
 >>  > I need to write a temporary file on computers that may be locked
 >>  > down, such as those in a computer lab or library. Can I be fairly
 >>  > certain that the temporary folder permissions will always allow
 >>  > access?
...
 >> Any chance they can tell you what they want?
 >>
 >> Or use a network store?
 >
 > I need to put html stored in a custom property into a browser object.
 > Since using a variable isn't possible, I need to write the property
 > to disk and then load it.

IMNSHO it would be insane to lock the temp folder, given how many apps 
rely on it.

That said, some admins are not sane. :)

I'd try it and see what happens, with fingers crossed.

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  Richard Gaskin
  Fourth World Systems
  Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web
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