Tempdir Class Reference

#include "tempdir.H"

Public Member Functions
	Tempdir (std::string prefix, unsigned long max_tries)
	~Tempdir ()
	Destructor removes the created directory and its contents again.
std::filesystem::path	path () const
	Get the path of the Tempdir directory in the filesystem.

Detailed Description

A class that provides a unique temporary directory for for the lifetime of the object.

Upon destruction of Tempdir, the directory is deleted again.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

Tempdir()

Tempdir::Tempdir	(	std::string	prefix,
		unsigned long	max_tries
	)

Constructor for Tempdir

The created temporary directory will be put into std::filesystem::temp_directory_path following the pattern: temp_directory_path()/<prefix><hash> Where hash is a 64 bit random number in hex form obtained in at most max_tries attempts to find a name string for a path that does not yet exist.

Parameters

prefix	[in] some string to prefix the directory name with.
max_tries	[in] number of tries to guess a unique random name for the directory.

Implementation of finding a unique temporary directory

Requires C++17, see: https://cirosantilli.com/linux-kernel-module-cheat#cpp

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

• utils/tempdir.H
• utils/tempdir.C