[mapserver-dev] RFC 66 - Better handling of temporary files

[Alan Boudreault]

I understand your concern and I agree. I Will check to use those functions by 
default. I also agree that if the user set the TEMPPATH, this path will be 
used rather than the default system path. 

regards,
Alan

On January 14, 2011 04:42:27 pm thomas bonfort wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 22:23, Frank Warmerdam <warmerdam at pobox.com> wrote:
> > On 11-01-14 07:46 AM, thomas bonfort wrote:
> >> Jeff,
> >> I don't like TEMPPATH because it should not be necessary for a user to
> >> have to configure it. On unix, there is a system function that will
> >> guarantee to create you a temp file without having to make the
> >> assumption it will be in /tmp, and I imagine it could be possible to
> >> implement something similar for windows if it doesn't exist.
> >> Let's not burden our users with setting a configuration variable for
> >> something that is system related and should be taken care of
> >> transparently.
> > 
> > Thomas,
> > 
> > I like the idea of being able to control where my MapServer temp
> > files are created - either so I can keep them separate from system
> > temporary files, or so I can control what drive they are on (ie.
> > ram drive, extra physical drive).  But it might be nice if the
> > *fallback* when it isn't set is to do the normal system behavior.
> 
> Frank,
> as a developer, I agree that knowing where the temp file is created so
> you can inspect what is going on is a definitive plus. As a user, I
> don't see the point, and would especially not want to have to
> configure it.
> I'm +1 for a default system call if TEMPPATH is not specified and use
> whatever defined value if the user has gone to the trouble of
> specifying it, and against having a log message
> be output if TEMPPATH is not set.
> My initial concern is that we seem to be reinventing the wheel in
> regards to tempfile creation, whereas there are secure and tested
> solutions with mkstemp that we should at least investigate before
> rolling out our own.
> 
> best regards,
> thomas
> 
> ps. I hope the tone is not harsh or condescending, its not my aim in any
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