Crate temp_file

temp-file

Provides a TempFile struct.

Features

• Makes a file in a system temporary directory
• Deletes the file on drop
• Optional name prefix, name suffix, contents, and directory.
• Depends only on std
• forbid(unsafe_code)
• 100% test coverage

Limitations

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

Alternatives

• tempfile
  • Popular and mature
  • Supports some security-sensitive use cases
  • Contains unsafe, dependencies full of unsafe
  • Heavy dependencies (libc, winapi, rand, etc.)
• 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

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());

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Changelog

• v0.1.9 - AsRef<Path>
• v0.1.8 - Work when the file already exists.
• v0.1.7 - Add in_dir, with_suffix, and TempFileBuilder.
• v0.1.6
  • Return std::io::Error instead of String.
  • Add cleanup.
• v0.1.5 - Increase test coverage
• v0.1.4 - Add leak and panic_on_cleanup_error.
• v0.1.3 - Update docs
• v0.1.2 - Update example
• v0.1.1 - Minor code cleanup, update docs
• v0.1.0 - Initial version

Structs

TempFile

The path of an existing writable file in a system temporary directory.

TempFileBuilder

Functions

empty

Create a new empty file in a system temporary directory.

with_contents

Create a new file in a system temporary directory and writes contents to it.