temp-file

Provides a TempFile struct.

Features

• Makes a file in a system temporary directory
• Deletes the file on drop
• Optional file name prefix
• Optional file contents
• No dependencies
• forbid(unsafe_code)

Limitations

• Not security-hardened. See Secure Programming for Linux and Unix HOWTO - 7.10. Avoid Race Conditions and mkstemp.

Alternatives

• test-temp-file
  • Depends on crates which contain unsafe
  • Incomplete documentation
• temp_file_name
  • Does not delete file
  • Usage is not straightforward. Missing example.
• mktemp
  • Sets file mode 0600 on unix
  • Contains unsafe
  • No readme or online docs

Related Crates

• temp-dir

Example

rust let t = temp_file::with_contents(b"abc"); // Prints "/tmp/1a9b0". println!("{:?}", t.path()); assert_eq!( "abc", std::fs::read_to_string(t.path()).unwrap(), ); // Prints "/tmp/1a9b1". println!("{:?}", temp_file::empty().path());

Cargo Geiger Safety Report

```

Metric output format: x/y x = unsafe code used by the build y = total unsafe code found in the crate

Symbols: 🔒 = No unsafe usage found, declares #![forbid(unsafecode)] ❓ = No unsafe usage found, missing #![forbid(unsafecode)] ☢️ = unsafe usage found

Functions Expressions Impls Traits Methods Dependency

0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 🔒 temp-file 0.1.2

0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0

```

Changelog

• v0.1.2 - Update example
• v0.1.1 - Minor code cleanup, update docs
• v0.1.0 - Initial version

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License: Apache-2.0