On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 7:57 PM, Stephan Beal <sgbeal at googlemail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 7:55 PM, Warren Young <wyml at etr-usa.com> wrote: > >> On POSIX systems, you can securely create a temp file that only your user >> can see via the mkstemp(3) C library call. SQLite will happily open the >> resulting 0-byte file, allowing you to create your schema inside it. Then >> when the file is set up, you can move it into the desired location and >> change its file modes so that the other processes can open it. >> >> There must be an equivalent of mkstemp() on Windows, doubtless taking 3 >> times as many parameters and with a function name 4 times as long. :) >> > > sqlite exposes the functionality of fetching a temp file name using its > mechanism, but i don't recall at the moment how it's done. A quick google > isn't revealing it but i recall using it but finding out that it doesn't > work with the :memory: VFS. > https://www.sqlite.org/c3ref/file_control.html http://sqlite-users.sqlite.narkive.com/oehps0E9/proper-use-of-sqlite3-file-control -- ----- stephan beal http://wanderinghorse.net/home/stephan/ http://gplus.to/sgbeal "Freedom is sloppy. But since tyranny's the only guaranteed byproduct of those who insist on a perfect world, freedom will have to do." -- Bigby Wolf
