From 99397152a345011c99497b93f8518c7981e811a5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Haggerty Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2015 11:47:44 +0200 Subject: register_tempfile(): new function to handle an existing temporary file Allow an existing file to be registered with the tempfile-handling infrastructure; in particular, arrange for it to be deleted on program exit. This can be used if the temporary file has to be created in a more complicated way than just open(). For example: * If the file itself needs to be created via the lockfile API * If it is not a regular file (e.g., a socket) Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- tempfile.h | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) (limited to 'tempfile.h') 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 -- cgit v1.2.3