psom_path_tmp.m

function path_name = psom_path_tmp(ext)
% Suggest a name for a temporary folder.
%
% SYNTAX:
% PATH_NAME = PSOM_PATH_TMP(EXT)
%
% _________________________________________________________________________
% INPUTS:
%
% EXT             
%       (string) An extension for the path name
%
% _________________________________________________________________________
% OUTPUTS:
%
% PATH_NAME 
%       (string) A (full path) name for a temporary file.
%
% _________________________________________________________________________
% COMMENTS:
%
% The directory is created.
% 
% The temporary paths live in the temporary directory. This directory is by 
% default '/tmp/', but this can be changed using the variable GB_PSOM_TMP
% in the file PSOM_GB_VARS.
%
% Copyright (c) Pierre Bellec, Montreal Neurological Institute, 2008.
% Maintainer : pbellec@bic.mni.mcgill.ca
% See licensing information in the code.
% Keywords :

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global gb_psom_name_job
flag_gb_psom_fast_gb = 1; %% the initialization of global variables will be as fast as possible
psom_gb_vars
flag_tmp = 1;
if nargin == 0
    ext = '';
end

while flag_tmp == 1
    label = clock;
    label(end) = 10000*label(end);
    label = round(sum(label));
    if ~isempty(gb_psom_name_job)
        path_name = sprintf('%spsom_tmp_%s_%i%s%s',gb_psom_tmp,gb_psom_name_job,label,ext,filesep);   
    else
        path_name = sprintf('%spsom_tmp_%i%s%s',gb_psom_tmp,label,ext,filesep);   
    end
    flag_tmp = exist(path_name,'dir')>0;
end

psom_mkdir(path_name);