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February 12, 2017 creating a temporary fifo (tmpfile but for fifo) | ||||
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| * std.stdio.tempfile creates an (unnamed) File. How do I create a temporary fifo instead? my workaround is to use tempnam but docs says it's not recommended ( http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man3/tempnam.3.html) * could we allow specifying a directory name for tmpfile? |
February 13, 2017 Re: creating a temporary fifo (tmpfile but for fifo) | ||||
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Posted in reply to Timothee Cour | On Sunday, 12 February 2017 at 11:47:26 UTC, Timothee Cour wrote: > * std.stdio.tempfile creates an (unnamed) File. How do I create a temporary > fifo instead? > my workaround is to use tempnam but docs says it's not recommended ( > http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man3/tempnam.3.html) I believe the recommended function for this is mkstemp. [1] > * could we allow specifying a directory name for tmpfile? Yes, using mkdtemp. [2] Note that these functions are part of POSIX but not C99, and are not included in D's core.stdc module. [1] http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man3/mkstemp.3.html [2] http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man3/mkdtemp.3.html |
February 13, 2017 Re: creating a temporary fifo (tmpfile but for fifo) | ||||
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Posted in reply to Paul Backus | On 2/13/17 12:12 PM, Paul Backus wrote:
> On Sunday, 12 February 2017 at 11:47:26 UTC, Timothee Cour wrote:
>> * std.stdio.tempfile creates an (unnamed) File. How do I create a
>> temporary
>> fifo instead?
>> my workaround is to use tempnam but docs says it's not recommended (
>> http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man3/tempnam.3.html)
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> I believe the recommended function for this is mkstemp. [1]
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>> * could we allow specifying a directory name for tmpfile?
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> Yes, using mkdtemp. [2]
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> Note that these functions are part of POSIX but not C99, and are not
> included in D's core.stdc module.
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> [1] http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man3/mkstemp.3.html
> [2] http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man3/mkdtemp.3.html
They're declared in core.sys,posix.stdlib. -- Andrei
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February 16, 2017 Re: creating a temporary fifo (tmpfile but for fifo) | ||||
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Posted in reply to Andrei Alexandrescu | On Tuesday, 14 February 2017 at 03:15:53 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> On 2/13/17 12:12 PM, Paul Backus wrote:
>> [...]
>> Note that these functions are part of POSIX but not C99, and are not
>> included in D's core.stdc module.
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>> [1] http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man3/mkstemp.3.html
>> [2] http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man3/mkdtemp.3.html
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> They're declared in core.sys,posix.stdlib. -- Andrei
Thanks for the tip. Is this module documented anywhere? I can't find it in the dlang.org docs.
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February 16, 2017 Re: creating a temporary fifo (tmpfile but for fifo) | ||||
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Posted in reply to Paul Backus | On Thursday, 16 February 2017 at 17:27:51 UTC, Paul Backus wrote: > On Tuesday, 14 February 2017 at 03:15:53 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: >> On 2/13/17 12:12 PM, Paul Backus wrote: >>> [...] >>> Note that these functions are part of POSIX but not C99, and are not >>> included in D's core.stdc module. >>> >>> [1] http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man3/mkstemp.3.html >>> [2] http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man3/mkdtemp.3.html >> >> They're declared in core.sys,posix.stdlib. -- Andrei > > Thanks for the tip. Is this module documented anywhere? I can't find it in the dlang.org docs. For some reason it doesn't seem to be on the website, but the source is here to read: https://github.com/dlang/druntime/blob/master/src/core/sys/posix/stdlib.d |
February 16, 2017 Re: creating a temporary fifo (tmpfile but for fifo) | ||||
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Posted in reply to John Colvin | > I believe the recommended function for this is mkstemp. [1] Mkstemp creates a regular file, not a fifo >> * could we allow specifying a directory name for tmpfile? > Yes, using mkdtemp. [2] I meant adding a D api to add a temp file rooted under a specified directory; the C api's allow that but not tempfile |
February 17, 2017 Re: creating a temporary fifo (tmpfile but for fifo) | ||||
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Posted in reply to John Colvin | On Thursday, 16 February 2017 at 17:49:07 UTC, John Colvin wrote:
> For some reason it doesn't seem to be on the website, but the source is here to read: https://github.com/dlang/druntime/blob/master/src/core/sys/posix/stdlib.d
Use the Source, Luke!
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