package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "os"
    "path/filepath"
)

func checkErr(err error) {
    if err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }
}

func main() {
    // The simplest way to create a temporary file is to call os.CreateTemp.
    // It will create and open the file for reading and writing.
    // We used "" as the first argument, so os.CreateTemp will create a file in the default directory.
    tmpFile, err := os.CreateTemp("", "tmpfile")
    checkErr(err)
    defer os.Remove(tmpFile.Name())

    fmt.Println("Temp file name:", tmpFile.Name())

    // Write some data to the temporary file
    _, err = tmpFile.Write([]byte{1, 2, 3, 4, 5})
    checkErr(err)

    // If we intend to write a lot of temporary files, we may prefer to create a temporary directory.
    // The arguments to os.MkdirTemp are the same as for os.CreateTemp, but it returns the directory name rather than the opened file.
    dName, err := os.MkdirTemp("", "tmpdir")
    checkErr(err)
    defer os.RemoveAll(dName)
    
    fmt.Println("Temp directory name:", dName)

    fName := filepath.Join(dName, "testFile")
    err = os.WriteFile(fName, []byte{1, 2, 3, 4, 5}, 0666)
    checkErr(err)
    defer os.Remove(fName)
}

// Output:
// Temp file name: /tmp/tmpfile3400905374
// Temp directory name: /tmp/tmpdir2812568099