diff -r 000000000000 -r 6474c204b198 xpcom/io/nsAnonymousTemporaryFile.h --- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/xpcom/io/nsAnonymousTemporaryFile.h Wed Dec 31 06:09:35 2014 +0100 @@ -0,0 +1,31 @@ +/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 2; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 2 -*- */ +/* vim:set ts=2 sw=2 sts=2 et cindent: */ +/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public + * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this + * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */ + +#pragma once + +#include "prio.h" +#include "nscore.h" + +/** + * OpenAnonymousTemporaryFile + * + * Creates and opens a temporary file which has a random name. Callers have no + * control over the file name, and the file is opened in a temporary location + * which is appropriate for the platform. + * + * Upon success, aOutFileDesc contains an opened handle to the temporary file. + * The caller is responsible for closing the file when they're finished with it. + * + * The file will be deleted when the file handle is closed. On non-Windows + * platforms the file will be unlinked before this function returns. On Windows + * the OS supplied delete-on-close mechanism is unreliable if the application + * crashes or the computer power cycles unexpectedly, so unopened temporary + * files are purged at some time after application startup. + * + */ +nsresult +NS_OpenAnonymousTemporaryFile(PRFileDesc** aOutFileDesc); +