Re: creating a temporary fifo (tmpfile but for fifo)
On Sunday, 12 February 2017 at 11:47:26 UTC, Timothee Cour wrote: * std.stdio.tempfile creates an (unnamed) File. How do I create a temporary fifo instead? my workaround is to use tempnam but docs says it's not recommended ( http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man3/tempnam.3.html) I believe the recommended function for this is mkstemp. [1] * could we allow specifying a directory name for tmpfile? Yes, using mkdtemp. [2] Note that these functions are part of POSIX but not C99, and are not included in D's core.stdc module. [1] http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man3/mkstemp.3.html [2] http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man3/mkdtemp.3.html
Re: creating a temporary fifo (tmpfile but for fifo)
On 2/13/17 12:12 PM, Paul Backus wrote: On Sunday, 12 February 2017 at 11:47:26 UTC, Timothee Cour wrote: * std.stdio.tempfile creates an (unnamed) File. How do I create a temporary fifo instead? my workaround is to use tempnam but docs says it's not recommended ( http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man3/tempnam.3.html) I believe the recommended function for this is mkstemp. [1] * could we allow specifying a directory name for tmpfile? Yes, using mkdtemp. [2] Note that these functions are part of POSIX but not C99, and are not included in D's core.stdc module. [1] http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man3/mkstemp.3.html [2] http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man3/mkdtemp.3.html They're declared in core.sys,posix.stdlib. -- Andrei
Re: creating a temporary fifo (tmpfile but for fifo)
On Tuesday, 14 February 2017 at 03:15:53 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: On 2/13/17 12:12 PM, Paul Backus wrote: [...] Note that these functions are part of POSIX but not C99, and are not included in D's core.stdc module. [1] http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man3/mkstemp.3.html [2] http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man3/mkdtemp.3.html They're declared in core.sys,posix.stdlib. -- Andrei Thanks for the tip. Is this module documented anywhere? I can't find it in the dlang.org docs.
Re: creating a temporary fifo (tmpfile but for fifo)
On Thursday, 16 February 2017 at 17:27:51 UTC, Paul Backus wrote: On Tuesday, 14 February 2017 at 03:15:53 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: On 2/13/17 12:12 PM, Paul Backus wrote: [...] Note that these functions are part of POSIX but not C99, and are not included in D's core.stdc module. [1] http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man3/mkstemp.3.html [2] http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man3/mkdtemp.3.html They're declared in core.sys,posix.stdlib. -- Andrei Thanks for the tip. Is this module documented anywhere? I can't find it in the dlang.org docs. For some reason it doesn't seem to be on the website, but the source is here to read: https://github.com/dlang/druntime/blob/master/src/core/sys/posix/stdlib.d
Re: creating a temporary fifo (tmpfile but for fifo)
> I believe the recommended function for this is mkstemp. [1] Mkstemp creates a regular file, not a fifo >> * could we allow specifying a directory name for tmpfile? > Yes, using mkdtemp. [2] I meant adding a D api to add a temp file rooted under a specified directory; the C api's allow that but not tempfile
Re: creating a temporary fifo (tmpfile but for fifo)
On Thursday, 16 February 2017 at 17:49:07 UTC, John Colvin wrote: For some reason it doesn't seem to be on the website, but the source is here to read: https://github.com/dlang/druntime/blob/master/src/core/sys/posix/stdlib.d Use the Source, Luke!
