-- The created file isn\'t deleted automatically, so you need to delete it manually.
openTempFile :: FilePath -- ^ Directory in which to create the file
-> String -- ^ File name template. If the template is \"foo.ext\" then
- -- the create file will be \"fooXXX.ext\" where XXX is some
+ -- the created file will be \"fooXXX.ext\" where XXX is some
-- random number.
-> IO (FilePath, Handle)
openTempFile tmp_dir template = openTempFile' "openTempFile" tmp_dir template False
-- We split off the last extension, so we can use .foo.ext files
-- for temporary files (hidden on Unix OSes). Unfortunately we're
-- below filepath in the hierarchy here.
- (prefix,suffix) = case break (== '.') $ reverse template of
- (rev_suffix, rev_prefix) ->
- (reverse rev_prefix, reverse rev_suffix)
+ (prefix,suffix) =
+ case break (== '.') $ reverse template of
+ -- First case: template contains no '.'s. Just re-reverse it.
+ (rev_suffix, "") -> (reverse rev_suffix, "")
+ -- Second case: template contains at least one '.'. Strip the
+ -- dot from the prefix and prepend it to the suffix (if we don't
+ -- do this, the unique number will get added after the '.' and
+ -- thus be part of the extension, which is wrong.)
+ (rev_suffix, '.':rest) -> (reverse rest, '.':reverse rev_suffix)
+ -- Otherwise, something is wrong, because (break (== '.')) should
+ -- always return a pair with either the empty string or a string
+ -- beginning with '.' as the second component.
+ _ -> error "bug in System.IO.openTempFile"
oflags1 = rw_flags .|. o_EXCL