//! Creates a temporary directory at runtime that can be safely used to //! store temporary data and is destroyed on deinit. const TempDir = @This(); const std = @import("std"); const Dir = std.fs.Dir; const file = @import("file.zig"); const log = std.log.scoped(.tempdir); /// Dir is the directory handle dir: Dir, /// Parent directory parent: Dir, /// Name buffer that name points into. Generally do not use. To get the /// name call the name() function. name_buf: [file.random_basename_len:0]u8, /// Create the temporary directory. pub fn init() !TempDir { // Note: the tmp_path_buf sentinel is important because it ensures // we actually always have random_basename_len+1 bytes of available // space. We need that so we can set the sentinel in the case we use // all the possible length. var tmp_path_buf: [file.random_basename_len:0]u8 = undefined; const dir = dir: { const cwd = std.fs.cwd(); const tmp_dir = try file.allocTmpDir(std.heap.page_allocator); defer file.freeTmpDir(std.heap.page_allocator, tmp_dir); break :dir try cwd.openDir(tmp_dir, .{}); }; // We now loop forever until we can find a directory that we can create. while (true) { const tmp_path = try file.randomBasename(&tmp_path_buf); tmp_path_buf[tmp_path.len] = 0; dir.makeDir(tmp_path) catch |err| switch (err) { error.PathAlreadyExists => continue, else => |e| return e, }; return TempDir{ .dir = try dir.openDir(tmp_path, .{}), .parent = dir, .name_buf = tmp_path_buf, }; } } /// Name returns the name of the directory. This is just the basename /// and is not the full absolute path. pub fn name(self: *TempDir) []const u8 { return std.mem.sliceTo(&self.name_buf, 0); } /// Finish with the temporary directory. This deletes all contents in the /// directory. pub fn deinit(self: *TempDir) void { self.dir.close(); self.parent.deleteTree(self.name()) catch |err| log.err("error deleting temp dir err={}", .{err}); } test { const testing = std.testing; var td = try init(); errdefer td.deinit(); const nameval = td.name(); try testing.expect(nameval.len > 0); // Can open a new handle to it proves it exists. var dir = try td.parent.openDir(nameval, .{}); dir.close(); // Should be deleted after we deinit td.deinit(); try testing.expectError(error.FileNotFound, td.parent.openDir(nameval, .{})); }