2 * Declarations of routines to create temporary files
6 * Wireshark - Network traffic analyzer
7 * By Gerald Combs <gerald@wireshark.org>
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25 #ifndef __TEMPFILE_H__
26 #define __TEMPFILE_H__
28 #include "ws_symbol_export.h"
32 #endif /* __cplusplus */
35 * Convenience function for temporary file creation.
39 * Construct the path name of a file in the appropriate temporary
42 * @param filename the file name to be given to the file.
43 * @return the pathname of the file, g_malloced so the caller
46 WS_DLL_PUBLIC char *get_tempfile_path(const char *filename);
49 * Create a tempfile with the given prefix (e.g. "wireshark"). The path
50 * is created using g_get_tmp_dir and mkstemp.
52 * @param namebuf [in,out] If not NULL, receives the full path of the temp file.
54 * @param pfx [in] A prefix for the temporary file.
55 * @return The file descriptor of the new tempfile, from mkstemp().
57 WS_DLL_PUBLIC int create_tempfile(char **namebuf, const char *pfx);
60 * Create a directory with the given prefix (e.g. "wireshark"). The path
61 * is created using g_get_tmp_dir and mkdtemp.
63 * @param namebuf If not NULL, receives the full path of the temp directory.
65 * @param pfx A prefix for the temporary directory.
66 * @return The temporary directory path on success, or NULL on failure.
69 WS_DLL_PUBLIC const char *create_tempdir(char **namebuf, const char *pfx);
73 #endif /* __cplusplus */
75 #endif /* __TEMPFILE_H__ */