Use Path.GetRandomFileName() or Path.GetTempFileName() when working with temp files

Do not reinvent function for generating unique name for temporary files. Use one of the existing methods:

System.IO.Path.GetTempFileName() - use this method if you want to create temporary file in user's temp folder.
System.IO.Path.GetRandomFileName() - use this method if you just want to generate unique file name.

9/5/2007

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