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CreateFile

CreateFile

CreateFile["file"]

creates a file with name file.

creates a file in the default area for temporary files on your computer system.

Details and Options

If "file" has no pathname separators, CreateFile creates a file in your current working directory.
A relative path is interpreted with respect to the current working directory.
CreateFile only creates the file; it does not open it.
The file created can subsequently be opened for reading or writing in binary or text mode.
CreateFile returns the full name of the file it creates, and $Failed if it cannot create the file.
CreateFile has attribute Listable.
CreateFile[] creates a file in the directory specified by the current value of $TemporaryDirectory.
The default setting CreateIntermediateDirectories->True specifies that intermediate directories should be created as needed.
With the setting OverwriteTarget->True, CreateFile truncates the existing file to zero size.
File["path"] may be used to specify a file name.

Examples

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Basic Examples (1)

Create a file:

Check the presence of the new file:

Delete the file:

The file is no longer there:

Scope (1)

Create a file in the current directory:

The file is present in the current directory:

Delete the file:

Properties & Relations (1)

CreateTemporary[] is essentially equivalent to the zero-argument CreateFile[]:

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