Function: url-file-local-copy

url-file-local-copy is an autoloaded and byte-compiled function defined in url-handlers.el.gz.

Signature

(url-file-local-copy URL &rest IGNORED)

Documentation

Copy URL into a temporary file on this machine.

Returns the name of the local copy, or nil, if FILE is directly accessible.

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/url/url-handlers.el.gz
;;;###autoload
(defun url-file-local-copy (url &rest _ignored)
  "Copy URL into a temporary file on this machine.
Returns the name of the local copy, or nil, if FILE is directly
accessible."
  (let ((filename (make-temp-file "url")))
    (url-copy-file url filename 'ok-if-already-exists)
    filename))