On Mon, 9 Dec 2002, Dirk-Willem van Gulik wrote:
> > > Fine, then suggest another method for developers to find a system temp > > directory so that they can create a valid mask for use in > > apr_file_mktemp. > > If they need more than a tmp file handle with a clear contract; i.e. > something like pseudo temporarly storage with semantics specific to their > application; then they'd better create an *application* level config or > policy for that; with clearly documented requirements (such as max size, > livetime, mostly read or mostly write permissions, cleanup (or not) on > exit of the application or reboot, etc). Great job at ducking the question. It is really simple. The application needs to create a temporary file. To do so, it would like to find a directory that houses temporary files so that if something happens, it can be deleted automatically with a cron job. So, the developer is going to use apr_file_mktemp, which will return a file handle. Now, what template does the developer pass in to that program to ensure that the file ends up in the correct directory? Do we just always use a well known temp directory if they pass in a relative file? I sure as hell hope not. You are asking us to solve a problem but then saying that we can't solve it completely. This is a bogus conversation and I am done with it. Ryan
