tempfile_TemporaryFile.py

#!/usr/bin/env python


import os
import tempfile

print 'Building a filename with PID:'
filename = '/tmp/guess_my_name.%s.txt' % os.getpid()
temp = open(filename, 'w+b')
try:
    print 'temp:'
    print ' ', temp
    print 'temp.name:'
    print ' ', temp.name
finally:
    temp.close()
    # Clean up the temp file
    os.remove(filename)

print
print 'TemporaryFile:'
temp = tempfile.TemporaryFile()
try:
    print 'temp:'
    print ' ', temp
    print 'temp.name:'
    print ' ', temp.name
finally:
    # Automatically cleans up the file
    temp.close()