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- /*
- This file is part of the KDE libraries
- Copyright (c) 1999 Waldo Bastian <bastian@kde.org>
-
- This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
- License version 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation.
-
- This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
- Library General Public License for more details.
-
- You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public License
- along with this library; see the file COPYING.LIB. If not, write to
- the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
- Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
- */
-
- #ifndef _KTEMPFILE_H_
- #define _KTEMPFILE_H_
-
- #include <qstring.h>
- #include <stdio.h>
- #include <errno.h>
- #include "kdelibs_export.h"
-
- class QFile;
- class QTextStream;
- class QDataStream;
- class KSaveFile;
- class KTempFilePrivate;
-
- /**
- * The KTempFile class creates and opens a unique file for temporary use.
- *
- * This is especially useful if you need to create a file in a world
- * writable directory like /tmp without being vulnerable to so called
- * symlink attacks.
- *
- * KDE applications, however, shouldn't create files in /tmp in the first
- * place but use the "tmp" resource instead. The standard KTempFile
- * constructor will do that by default.
- *
- * To create a temporary file that starts with a certain name
- * in the "tmp" resource, one should use:
- * KTempFile(locateLocal("tmp", prefix), extension);
- *
- * KTempFile does not create any missing directories, but locateLocal() does.
- *
- * See also KStandardDirs
- *
- * @author Waldo Bastian <bastian@kde.org>
- */
- class KDECORE_EXPORT KTempFile
- {
- friend class KSaveFile;
- public:
- /**
- * Creates a temporary file with the name:
- * \<filePrefix>\<six letters>\<fileExtension>
- *
- * The default @p filePrefix is "$KDEHOME/tmp-$HOST/appname/"
- * The default @p fileExtension is ".tmp"
- * @param filePrefix the prefix of the file name, or QString::null
- * for the default value
- * @param fileExtension the extension of the prefix, or QString::null for the
- * default value
- * @param mode the file permissions
- **/
- KTempFile(QString filePrefix=QString::null,
- QString fileExtension=QString::null,
- int mode = 0600 );
-
-
- /**
- * The destructor closes the file.
- * If autoDelete is enabled the file gets unlinked as well.
- **/
- ~KTempFile();
-
- /**
- * Turn automatic deletion on or off.
- * Automatic deletion is off by default.
- * @param autoDelete true to turn automatic deletion on
- **/
- void setAutoDelete(bool autoDelete) { bAutoDelete = autoDelete; }
-
- /**
- * Returns the status of the file based on errno. (see errno.h)
- * 0 means OK.
- *
- * You should check the status after object creation to check
- * whether a file could be created in the first place.
- *
- * You may check the status after closing the file to verify that
- * the file has indeed been written correctly.
- * @return the errno status, 0 means ok
- **/
- int status() const;
-
- /**
- * Returns the full path and name of the file.
- *
- * Note that in most circumstances the file needs to be closed
- * before you use it by name.
- *
- * In particular, if another process or software part needs to write data
- * to the file based on the filename, the file should be closed before doing
- * so. Otherwise the act of closing the file later on may cause the file to
- * get truncated to a zero-size, resulting in an unexpected loss of the data.
- *
- * In some cases there is only interest in the filename itself but where the
- * actual presence of a file with such name is a problem. In that case the
- * file should first be both closed and unlinked. Such usage is not recommended
- * since it may lead to the kind of symlink vulnerabilities that the KTempFile
- * design attempts to prevent.
- *
- * @return The name of the file, or QString::null if opening the
- * file has failed or the file has been unlinked already.
- **/
- QString name() const;
-
- /**
- * An integer file descriptor open for writing to the file
- * @return The file descriptor, or a negative number if opening
- * the file failed
- **/
- int handle() const;
-
- /**
- * Returns the FILE* of the temporary file.
- * @return FILE* stream open for writing to the file, or 0
- * if opening the file failed
- **/
- FILE *fstream();
-
- /**
- * Returns the QTextStream for writing.
- * @return QTextStream open for writing to the file, or 0
- * if opening the file failed
- **/
- QTextStream *textStream();
-
- /**
- * Returns a QDataStream for writing.
- * @return QDataStream open for writing to the file, or 0
- * if opening the file failed
- **/
- QDataStream *dataStream();
-
- /**
- * Returns a QFile.
- * @return A QFile open for writing to the file, or 0 if
- * opening the file failed.
- **/
- QFile *file();
-
- /**
- * Unlinks the file from the directory. The file is
- * deleted once the last reader/writer closes it.
- **/
- void unlink();
-
- /**
- * Flushes file to disk (fsync).
- *
- * If you want to be as sure as possible that the file data has
- * actually been physically stored on disk you need to call sync().
- *
- * See status() for details about errors.
- * @return true if successful, or false if an error has occurred.
- * @since 3.3
- **/
- bool sync();
-
- /**
- * Closes the file.
- *
- * See status() for details about errors.
- * @return true if successful, or false if an error has occurred.
- **/
- bool close();
-
- protected:
- /**
- * Constructor used by KSaveFile
- **/
- KTempFile(bool);
-
- /**
- * @internal
- * Create function used internally by KTempFile and KSaveFile
- **/
- bool create(const QString &filePrefix,
- const QString &fileExtension, int mode);
-
- void setError(int error) { mError = error; }
- private:
- int mError;
- QString mTmpName;
- int mFd;
- FILE *mStream;
- QFile *mFile;
- QTextStream *mTextStream;
- QDataStream *mDataStream;
- bool bOpen;
- bool bAutoDelete;
-
- KTempFilePrivate *d;
- };
-
- #endif
-