From Brad Lucier <lucier@math.purdue.edu>:
[binutils.git] / libiberty / choose-temp.c
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1 /* Utility to pick a temporary filename prefix.
2 Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4 This file is part of the libiberty library.
5 Libiberty is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
6 modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
7 License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
8 version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
10 Libiberty is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
11 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
12 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
13 Library General Public License for more details.
15 You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
16 License along with libiberty; see the file COPYING.LIB. If not,
17 write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
18 Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */
20 /* This file exports two functions: choose_temp_base and make_temp_file. */
22 #ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
23 #include "config.h"
24 #endif
26 #include <stdio.h> /* May get P_tmpdir. */
27 #include <sys/types.h>
28 #ifdef HAVE_UNISTD_H
29 #include <unistd.h>
30 #endif
31 #ifdef HAVE_STDLIB_H
32 #include <stdlib.h>
33 #endif
34 #ifdef HAVE_STRING_H
35 #include <string.h>
36 #endif
37 #ifdef HAVE_SYS_FILE_H
38 #include <sys/file.h> /* May get R_OK, etc. on some systems. */
39 #endif
41 #ifndef R_OK
42 #define R_OK 4
43 #define W_OK 2
44 #define X_OK 1
45 #endif
47 #include "libiberty.h"
48 extern int mkstemps ();
50 #ifndef IN_GCC
51 #if defined (__MSDOS__) || (defined (_WIN32) && ! defined (__CYGWIN__) && ! defined (_UWIN))
52 #define DIR_SEPARATOR '\\'
53 #endif
54 #endif
56 #ifndef DIR_SEPARATOR
57 #define DIR_SEPARATOR '/'
58 #endif
60 /* On MSDOS, write temp files in current dir
61 because there's no place else we can expect to use. */
62 /* ??? Although the current directory is tried as a last resort,
63 this is left in so that on MSDOS it is preferred to /tmp on the
64 off chance that someone requires this, since that was the previous
65 behaviour. */
66 #ifdef __MSDOS__
67 #ifndef P_tmpdir
68 #define P_tmpdir "."
69 #endif
70 #endif
72 /* Name of temporary file.
73 mktemp requires 6 trailing X's. */
74 #define TEMP_FILE "ccXXXXXX"
76 /* Subroutine of choose_temp_base.
77 If BASE is non-NULL, return it.
78 Otherwise it checks if DIR is a usable directory.
79 If success, DIR is returned.
80 Otherwise NULL is returned. */
82 static char *
83 try (dir, base)
84 char *dir, *base;
86 if (base != 0)
87 return base;
88 if (dir != 0
89 && access (dir, R_OK | W_OK | X_OK) == 0)
90 return dir;
91 return 0;
94 /* Return a prefix for temporary file names or NULL if unable to find one.
95 The current directory is chosen if all else fails so the program is
96 exited if a temporary directory can't be found (mktemp fails).
97 The buffer for the result is obtained with xmalloc.
99 This function is provided for backwards compatability only. It use
100 is not recommended. */
102 char *
103 choose_temp_base ()
105 char *base = 0;
106 char *temp_filename;
107 int len;
108 static char tmp[] = { DIR_SEPARATOR, 't', 'm', 'p', 0 };
109 static char usrtmp[] = { DIR_SEPARATOR, 'u', 's', 'r', DIR_SEPARATOR, 't', 'm', 'p', 0 };
111 base = try (getenv ("TMPDIR"), base);
112 base = try (getenv ("TMP"), base);
113 base = try (getenv ("TEMP"), base);
115 #ifdef P_tmpdir
116 base = try (P_tmpdir, base);
117 #endif
119 /* Try /usr/tmp, then /tmp. */
120 base = try (usrtmp, base);
121 base = try (tmp, base);
123 /* If all else fails, use the current directory! */
124 if (base == 0)
125 base = ".";
127 len = strlen (base);
128 temp_filename = xmalloc (len + 1 /*DIR_SEPARATOR*/
129 + strlen (TEMP_FILE) + 1);
130 strcpy (temp_filename, base);
132 if (len != 0
133 && temp_filename[len-1] != '/'
134 && temp_filename[len-1] != DIR_SEPARATOR)
135 temp_filename[len++] = DIR_SEPARATOR;
136 strcpy (temp_filename + len, TEMP_FILE);
138 mktemp (temp_filename);
139 if (strlen (temp_filename) == 0)
140 abort ();
141 return temp_filename;
143 /* Return a temporary file name (as a string) or NULL if unable to create
144 one. */
146 char *
147 make_temp_file (suffix)
148 const char *suffix;
150 char *base = 0;
151 char *temp_filename;
152 int base_len, suffix_len;
153 int fd;
154 static char tmp[] = { DIR_SEPARATOR, 't', 'm', 'p', 0 };
155 static char usrtmp[] = { DIR_SEPARATOR, 'u', 's', 'r', DIR_SEPARATOR, 't', 'm', 'p', 0 };
157 base = try (getenv ("TMPDIR"), base);
158 base = try (getenv ("TMP"), base);
159 base = try (getenv ("TEMP"), base);
161 #ifdef P_tmpdir
162 base = try (P_tmpdir, base);
163 #endif
165 /* Try /usr/tmp, then /tmp. */
166 base = try (usrtmp, base);
167 base = try (tmp, base);
169 /* If all else fails, use the current directory! */
170 if (base == 0)
171 base = ".";
173 base_len = strlen (base);
175 if (suffix)
176 suffix_len = strlen (suffix);
177 else
178 suffix_len = 0;
180 temp_filename = xmalloc (base_len + 1 /*DIR_SEPARATOR*/
181 + strlen (TEMP_FILE)
182 + suffix_len + 1);
183 strcpy (temp_filename, base);
185 if (base_len != 0
186 && temp_filename[base_len-1] != '/'
187 && temp_filename[base_len-1] != DIR_SEPARATOR)
188 temp_filename[base_len++] = DIR_SEPARATOR;
189 strcpy (temp_filename + base_len, TEMP_FILE);
191 if (suffix)
192 strcat (temp_filename, suffix);
194 fd = mkstemps (temp_filename, suffix_len);
195 /* If mkstemps failed, then something bad is happening. Maybe we should
196 issue a message about a possible security attack in progress? */
197 if (fd == -1)
198 abort ();
199 /* Similarly if we can not close the file. */
200 if (close (fd))
201 abort ();
202 return temp_filename;