/* tempfile.h
 * Declarations of routines to create temporary files
 *
 * Wireshark - Network traffic analyzer
 * By Gerald Combs <gerald@wireshark.org>
 * Copyright 1998 Gerald Combs
 *
 * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 */

#ifndef __TEMPFILE_H__
#define __TEMPFILE_H__

#include "ws_symbol_export.h"

#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif /* __cplusplus */

/** @file
 * Convenience function for temporary file creation.
 */

/**
 * Construct the path name of a file in the appropriate temporary
 * file directory.
 *
 * @param filename the file name to be given to the file.
 * @return the pathname of the file, g_malloced so the caller
 * should g_free it.
 */
WS_DLL_PUBLIC char *get_tempfile_path(const char *filename);

/**
 * Create a tempfile with the given prefix (e.g. "wireshark"). The path
 * is created using g_get_tmp_dir and mkstemp.
 *
 * @param namebuf [in,out] If not NULL, receives the full path of the temp file.
 *                Must NOT be freed.
 * @param pfx [in] A prefix for the temporary file.
 * @param sfx [in] A file extension for the temporary file. NULL can be passed
 *                 if no file extension is needed
 * @return The file descriptor of the new tempfile, from mkstemps().
 */
WS_DLL_PUBLIC int create_tempfile(char **namebuf, const char *pfx, const char *sfx);

#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif /* __cplusplus */

#endif /* __TEMPFILE_H__ */