# Temporary file name allocation # # XXX This tries to be not UNIX specific, but I don't know beans about # how to choose a temp directory or filename on MS-DOS or other # systems so it may have to be changed... import os # Parameters that the caller may set to override the defaults tempdir = None template = None # Function to calculate the directory to use def gettempdir(): global tempdir if tempdir is not None: return tempdir try: pwd = os.getcwd() except (AttributeError, os.error): pwd = os.curdir attempdirs = ['/usr/tmp', '/tmp', pwd] if os.name == 'nt': attempdirs.insert(0, 'C:\\TEMP') attempdirs.insert(0, '\\TEMP') elif os.name == 'mac': import macfs, MACFS try: refnum, dirid = macfs.FindFolder(MACFS.kOnSystemDisk, MACFS.kTemporaryFolderType, 0) dirname = macfs.FSSpec((refnum, dirid, '')).as_pathname() attempdirs.insert(0, dirname) except macfs.error: pass for envname in 'TMPDIR', 'TEMP', 'TMP': if os.environ.has_key(envname): attempdirs.insert(0, os.environ[envname]) testfile = gettempprefix() + 'test' for dir in attempdirs: try: filename = os.path.join(dir, testfile) fp = open(filename, 'w') fp.write('blat') fp.close() os.unlink(filename) tempdir = dir break except IOError: pass if tempdir is None: msg = "Can't find a usable temporary directory amongst " + `attempdirs` raise IOError, msg return tempdir # Function to calculate a prefix of the filename to use def gettempprefix(): global template if template == None: if os.name == 'posix': template = '@' + `os.getpid()` + '.' elif os.name == 'nt': template = '~' + `os.getpid()` + '-' elif os.name == 'mac': template = 'Python-Tmp-' else: template = 'tmp' # XXX might choose a better one return template # Counter for generating unique names counter = 0 # User-callable function to return a unique temporary file name def mktemp(suffix=""): global counter dir = gettempdir() pre = gettempprefix() while 1: counter = counter + 1 file = os.path.join(dir, pre + `counter` + suffix) if not os.path.exists(file): return file class TemporaryFileWrapper: """Temporary file wrapper This class provides a wrapper around files opened for temporary use. In particular, it seeks to automatically remove the file when it is no longer needed. """ def __init__(self, file, path): self.file = file self.path = path def close(self): self.file.close() os.unlink(self.path) def __del__(self): try: self.close() except: pass def __getattr__(self, name): file = self.__dict__['file'] a = getattr(file, name) setattr(self, name, a) return a def TemporaryFile(mode='w+b', bufsize=-1, suffix=""): name = mktemp(suffix) file = open(name, mode, bufsize) try: os.unlink(name) except os.error: # Non-unix -- can't unlink file that's still open, use wrapper return TemporaryFileWrapper(file, name) else: return file