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+{- Temporary files and directories.
+ -
+ - Copyright 2010-2013 Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>
+ -
+ - Licensed under the GNU GPL version 3 or higher.
+ -}
+
+module Utility.Tmp where
+
+import Control.Exception (bracket)
+import System.IO
+import System.Directory
+import Control.Monad.IfElse
+
+import Utility.Exception
+import System.FilePath
+import Utility.FileSystemEncoding
+
+type Template = String
+
+{- Runs an action like writeFile, writing to a temp file first and
+ - then moving it into place. The temp file is stored in the same
+ - directory as the final file to avoid cross-device renames. -}
+viaTmp :: (FilePath -> String -> IO ()) -> FilePath -> String -> IO ()
+viaTmp a file content = do
+ let (dir, base) = splitFileName file
+ createDirectoryIfMissing True dir
+ (tmpfile, handle) <- openTempFile dir (base ++ ".tmp")
+ hClose handle
+ a tmpfile content
+ renameFile tmpfile file
+
+{- Runs an action with a tmp file located in the system's tmp directory
+ - (or in "." if there is none) then removes the file. -}
+withTmpFile :: Template -> (FilePath -> Handle -> IO a) -> IO a
+withTmpFile template a = do
+ tmpdir <- catchDefaultIO "." getTemporaryDirectory
+ withTmpFileIn tmpdir template a
+
+{- Runs an action with a tmp file located in the specified directory,
+ - then removes the file. -}
+withTmpFileIn :: FilePath -> Template -> (FilePath -> Handle -> IO a) -> IO a
+withTmpFileIn tmpdir template a = bracket create remove use
+ where
+ create = openTempFile tmpdir template
+ remove (name, handle) = do
+ hClose handle
+ catchBoolIO (removeFile name >> return True)
+ use (name, handle) = a name handle
+
+{- Runs an action with a tmp directory located within the system's tmp
+ - directory (or within "." if there is none), then removes the tmp
+ - directory and all its contents. -}
+withTmpDir :: Template -> (FilePath -> IO a) -> IO a
+withTmpDir template a = do
+ tmpdir <- catchDefaultIO "." getTemporaryDirectory
+ withTmpDirIn tmpdir template a
+
+{- Runs an action with a tmp directory located within a specified directory,
+ - then removes the tmp directory and all its contents. -}
+withTmpDirIn :: FilePath -> Template -> (FilePath -> IO a) -> IO a
+withTmpDirIn tmpdir template = bracket create remove
+ where
+ remove d = whenM (doesDirectoryExist d) $
+ removeDirectoryRecursive d
+ create = do
+ createDirectoryIfMissing True tmpdir
+ makenewdir (tmpdir </> template) (0 :: Int)
+ makenewdir t n = do
+ let dir = t ++ "." ++ show n
+ either (const $ makenewdir t $ n + 1) (const $ return dir)
+ =<< tryIO (createDirectory dir)
+
+{- It's not safe to use a FilePath of an existing file as the template
+ - for openTempFile, because if the FilePath is really long, the tmpfile
+ - will be longer, and may exceed the maximum filename length.
+ -
+ - This generates a template that is never too long.
+ - (Well, it allocates 20 characters for use in making a unique temp file,
+ - anyway, which is enough for the current implementation and any
+ - likely implementation.)
+ -}
+relatedTemplate :: FilePath -> FilePath
+relatedTemplate f
+ | len > 20 = truncateFilePath (len - 20) f
+ | otherwise = f
+ where
+ len = length f