Yeah nice thought but it's been vetoed by quite a few folks. You do read the same list I do don't you? :)
david ----- Original Message ----- From: "Branko Äibej" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "David Reid" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "APR Dev List" <dev@apr.apache.org> Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 1:19 AM Subject: Re: [time to move on I guess] APR_TMP_DIRECTORY > David Reid wrote: > > >Actually my memory is that we don't any form of agreement on how this should > >be implemented or even what problem the discussion was trying to solve - > >that's why I haven't written anything yet. I was all set to write the code > >but the discussion and feeling expressed mean I won't now. > > > >It'll be nice if we ever do it as it means that apache might build on beos > >again :) > > > > > > O.K., let's restate what we want: > > 1) A function that creates and opens a temporary file, accepting a > template name. > > We have that, it's called apr_file_mktemp. > > 2) A function that gives us the name of a directory where temporary > files may be created; this name would be used to create template names > for apr_file_mktemp. > > We don't have that, but need it. Applying the keep-it-simple > principle, the definitiona would be > > const char *apr_filepath_temp_dir_get (apr_pool_t *pool); > > The implementation should use any system-specific APIs and/or > conventions to find a directory that a) is customarily used for > creating temporary files, and b) is writable by the current process. > We /may/ want to qualify if the temp dir should be such that files > in it survive a reboot or not. > > > 3) [I'm not sure we need this, but I'm adding it for completeness] A > function that creates a temporary directory, accepting a template name. > > This would be symmetric to apr_file_mktemp: > > apr_status_t apr_dir_mktemp (const char **real_name, > const char *templ, > apr_int32_t flags, > apr_pool_t *pool); > > > It would use the same method as apr_file_mktemp to create a unique > name, then create the directory and return that name. Unlike > apr_file_mktemp, it would not automaticlaly remove the directory, of > course. The caller must still use apr_filepath_temp_dir_get to > create the template for a name that's within the temporary directory. > > > There. The implementation is an exercise for the reader. I volunteer to > write the Windows-specific apr_filepath_temp_dir_get when the time comes. > > -- > Brane Äibej <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.xbc.nu/brane/ > >
