xref: /openbsd/gnu/lib/libiberty/src/choose-temp.c (revision 09467b48)
1 /* Utility to pick a temporary filename prefix.
2    Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
3 
4 This file is part of the libiberty library.
5 Libiberty is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
6 modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
7 License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
8 version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
9 
10 Libiberty is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
11 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
12 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
13 Library General Public License for more details.
14 
15 You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
16 License along with libiberty; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If not,
17 write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street - Fifth Floor,
18 Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.  */
19 
20 #ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
21 #include "config.h"
22 #endif
23 
24 #include <stdio.h>	/* May get P_tmpdir.  */
25 #ifdef HAVE_STDLIB_H
26 #include <stdlib.h>
27 #endif
28 #ifdef HAVE_STRING_H
29 #include <string.h>
30 #endif
31 
32 #include "libiberty.h"
33 extern char *choose_tmpdir (void);
34 
35 /* Name of temporary file.
36    mktemp requires 6 trailing X's.  */
37 #define TEMP_FILE "ccXXXXXX"
38 #define TEMP_FILE_LEN (sizeof(TEMP_FILE) - 1)
39 
40 /*
41 
42 @deftypefn Extension char* choose_temp_base (void)
43 
44 Return a prefix for temporary file names or @code{NULL} if unable to
45 find one.  The current directory is chosen if all else fails so the
46 program is exited if a temporary directory can't be found (@code{mktemp}
47 fails).  The buffer for the result is obtained with @code{xmalloc}.
48 
49 This function is provided for backwards compatability only.  Its use is
50 not recommended.
51 
52 @end deftypefn
53 
54 */
55 
56 #if defined(__MSDOS__) && !defined(__GO32__)
57 char *
58 choose_temp_base (void)
59 {
60   const char *base = choose_tmpdir ();
61   char *temp_filename;
62   int len;
63 
64   len = strlen (base);
65   temp_filename = XNEWVEC (char, len + TEMP_FILE_LEN + 1);
66   strcpy (temp_filename, base);
67   strcpy (temp_filename + len, TEMP_FILE);
68 
69   mktemp (temp_filename);
70   if (strlen (temp_filename) == 0)
71     abort ();
72   return temp_filename;
73 }
74 #endif
75