FileUtils.fileOpenTmp

Opens a file for writing in the preferred directory for temporary files (as returned by g_get_tmp_dir()).

@tmpl should be a string in the GLib file name encoding containing a sequence of six 'X' characters, as the parameter to g_mkstemp(). However, unlike these functions, the template should only be a basename, no directory components are allowed. If template is %NULL, a default template is used.

Note that in contrast to g_mkstemp() (and mkstemp()) @tmpl is not modified, and might thus be a read-only literal string.

Upon success, and if @name_used is non-%NULL, the actual name used is returned in @name_used. This string should be freed with g_free() when not needed any longer. The returned name is in the GLib file name encoding.

struct FileUtils
static
int
fileOpenTmp
(
string tmpl
,
out string nameUsed
)

Parameters

tmpl string

Template for file name, as in g_mkstemp(), basename only, or %NULL for a default template

nameUsed string

location to store actual name used, or %NULL

Return: A file handle (as from open()) to the file opened for reading and writing. The file is opened in binary mode on platforms where there is a difference. The file handle should be closed with close(). In case of errors, -1 is returned and @error will be set.

Throws

GException on failure.

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