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sttmpfiles(3)						    ShapeTools Toolkit Library						     sttmpfiles(3)

NAME

       stTmpFile, stRegisterFile, stUnRegisterFile, stRmRegisteredFiles - temporary files handling

SYNOPSIS

       #include <config.h>
       #include <sttk.h>

       char*stTmpFile (char *path);

       voidstRegisterFile (char *fileName);

       voidstUnRegisterFile (char *fileName);

       voidstRmRegisteredFiles (void);

DESCRIPTION

       stTmpFile  creates  a  unique  filename	for  a	temporary file, registers it (see stRegisterFile below), and returns it.  The return value
       resides in static memory and will be overwritten on the next call of stTmpFile. The temporary file is located in the /tmp directory.

       stRegisterFile adds the given fileName to an internal static list of file names. This list helps to keep track of the names of  all  tempo-
       rary files to be deleted until the end of the program execution. On abnormal program termination (signal), the termination handler may call
       stRmRegisteredFiles to delete all registered files. This avoids bogus temporary files to survive abnormal program termination.

       stUnRegisterFile removes fileName from the internal list of file names. It should be called when the corresponding file was removed due	to
       the regular control flow.

       stRmRegisteredFiles  removes all files named in the internal list set up by stTmpFile and stRegisterFile and clears the list. Bogus entries
       in the list (names without a correponding file) are ignored.  Invoking stCatchSigs(3) causes stRmRegisteredFiles to be called on  occurence
       of the signals SIGQUIT, SIGFPE, SIGBUS, SIGSEGV, and SIGTERM. stCleanup(3) also calls stRmRegisteredFiles.

SEE ALSO

       stCatchSigs(3), stCleanup(3)

LIMITS

       The maximum number of temporary files to be registered is 16.

sttk-1.7						     Thu Jun 24 17:43:36 1993						     sttmpfiles(3)

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