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| -rw-r--r-- | tempfile.c | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | tempfile.h | 8 |
2 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tempfile.c b/tempfile.c index 0b5d8ce929..0af7ebf016 100644 --- a/tempfile.c +++ b/tempfile.c @@ -137,6 +137,14 @@ int create_tempfile(struct tempfile *tempfile, const char *path) return tempfile->fd; } +void register_tempfile(struct tempfile *tempfile, const char *path) +{ + prepare_tempfile_object(tempfile); + strbuf_add_absolute_path(&tempfile->filename, path); + tempfile->owner = getpid(); + tempfile->active = 1; +} + int mks_tempfile_sm(struct tempfile *tempfile, const char *template, int suffixlen, int mode) { diff --git a/tempfile.h b/tempfile.h index a30e12c7e5..4219fe41bd 100644 --- a/tempfile.h +++ b/tempfile.h @@ -92,6 +92,14 @@ struct tempfile { */ extern int create_tempfile(struct tempfile *tempfile, const char *path); +/* + * Register an existing file as a tempfile, meaning that it will be + * deleted when the program exits. The tempfile is considered closed, + * but it can be worked with like any other closed tempfile (for + * example, it can be opened using reopen_tempfile()). + */ +extern void register_tempfile(struct tempfile *tempfile, const char *path); + /* * mks_tempfile functions |