/**
- * Create an (empty) temporary file on disk. If the given name is not
- * an absolute path, the current 'TMPDIR' will be prepended. In any case,
- * 6 random characters will be appended to the name to create a unique
- * filename.
+ * Create an (empty) temporary directory on disk. If the given name is not an
+ * absolute path, the current 'TMPDIR' will be prepended. In any case, 6
+ * random characters will be appended to the name to create a unique name.
*
* @param t component to use for the name;
* does NOT contain "XXXXXX" or "/tmp/".
- * @return NULL on error, otherwise name of fresh
- * file on disk in directory for temporary files
+ * @return NULL on error, otherwise name of freshly created directory
*/
char *
GNUNET_DISK_mkdtemp (const char *t);
struct GNUNET_DISK_PipeHandle *
GNUNET_DISK_pipe_from_fd (int blocking_read, int blocking_write, int fd[2]);
+
/**
* Closes an interprocess channel
* @param p pipe
int
GNUNET_DISK_pipe_close (struct GNUNET_DISK_PipeHandle *p);
+
/**
* Closes one half of an interprocess channel
*
GNUNET_DISK_pipe_handle (const struct GNUNET_DISK_PipeHandle *p,
enum GNUNET_DISK_PipeEnd n);
+
+/**
+ * Get a handle from a native FD.
+ *
+ * @param fd native file descriptor
+ * @return file handle corresponding to the descriptor
+ */
+struct GNUNET_DISK_FileHandle *
+GNUNET_DISK_get_handle_from_native (FILE *fd);
+
+
/**
* Read the contents of a binary file into a buffer.
* @param h handle to an open file
GNUNET_DISK_file_read (const struct GNUNET_DISK_FileHandle *h, void *result,
size_t len);
+
/**
* Read the contents of a binary file into a buffer.
* Guarantees not to block (returns GNUNET_SYSERR and sets errno to EAGAIN
*/
ssize_t
GNUNET_DISK_file_read_non_blocking (const struct GNUNET_DISK_FileHandle * h,
- void *result, size_t len);
+ void *result, size_t len);
+
/**
* Read the contents of a binary file into a buffer.