---
title: directoryForTemporaryFiles
framework: avfoundation
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: avfoundation/avassetexportsession/directoryfortemporaryfiles
---

# directoryForTemporaryFiles

A directory suitable to store temporary files that the export process generates.

## Declaration

```swift
var directoryForTemporaryFiles: URL? { get set }
```

## See Also

### Configuring output

- [outputURL](avfoundation/avassetexportsession/outputurl.md)
- [outputFileType](avfoundation/avassetexportsession/outputfiletype.md)
- [supportedFileTypes](avfoundation/avassetexportsession/supportedfiletypes.md)
- [allowsParallelizedExport](avfoundation/avassetexportsession/allowsparallelizedexport.md)
- [shouldOptimizeForNetworkUse](avfoundation/avassetexportsession/shouldoptimizefornetworkuse.md)
- [canPerformMultiplePassesOverSourceMediaData](avfoundation/avassetexportsession/canperformmultiplepassesoversourcemediadata.md)
- [timeRange](avfoundation/avassetexportsession/timerange.md)
- [fileLengthLimit](avfoundation/avassetexportsession/filelengthlimit.md)