pyinstaller - how to get the name of the random-generated temp folder?

Question

Is there a way to import the name (or the path) of the random-generated temp folder?

I know about --runtime-tmpdir which only defines the base path, but a random-named folder will still be created in that temp dir.

I see two (hacky) workarounds:

1. scan the temp folder and look for a folder that starts with "_MEI"
2. have a (uncompiled) script in the package that can be called from main.py and tell its location

But, whats the proper way of doing this? Thanks

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/65917645/pyinstaller-how-to-get-the-name-of-the-random-generated-temp-folder

Answer 1

Found a way ! The temporary path is added automatically to sys.path by pyinstaller. So it can easily be extracted from there.