[Boost-users] Re: boost::filesystem - no create_file or create_tmp_file?

Vladimir Prus wrote:

Sure, that's the complexity in creating temporary file. On Linux, you can

open(..., O_EXCL....)

but then how do you get ifstream out of file descriptor. Surely, there's in g++ 3.2+, but for other compilers one has to find other solutions. I indend to try, but not now.

Would it be so bad to use the platform independent way to create the file, and if that suceeeds, close it and then re-open it using the ofstream? Cheers Russell