-----Original Message----- From: boost-bounces@lists.boost.org [mailto:boost-bounces@lists.boost.org] On Behalf Of Tom Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2005 1:21 PM To: boost@lists.boost.org Subject: Re: [boost] temp file
On Wed, 7 Sep 2005, Suman Cherukuri wrote:
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Along the lines (temp file), does it make sense to add support for
creating
temp files in the default temp folder based on the OS (and support to override the default) with a unique name automatically generated?
--Suman
Sometimes programs need to create any file to put there same output and give this file ( for example by file name ) to another program or library. It isn't of course perfect solution, but why not if you would need it ?
This wrapper of C-function : mktemp() , frees you from duty to clean up. (removing files)
Tom
mkstemp()is recommended over mktemp to avoid file name racing. Even mkstemp is not ideal as it cannot take a const string for filename template etc. Also, we need to use something else on windows. mktemp() and mkstemp() are not natively supported on Windows but there are some 3rd party installations. If there is an equivalent in Boost which is platform independent and embedded within Filesystem namespace, it'd be very useful. --Suman
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