somewhat self-cleaning temp dir

[blank.git] / src / io / filesystem.hpp

diff --git a/src/io/filesystem.hpp b/src/io/filesystem.hpp
index b69352a4ba962a4292031ef1662fd5a2274561f4..d7fe184da71bf0be3c9898261184e5a853a055ab 100644 (file)
--- a/src/io/filesystem.hpp
+++ b/src/io/filesystem.hpp
@@ -34,6 +34,35 @@ inline bool make_dir(const std::string &s) {
 /// @return true if the directory was created or already exists
 bool make_dirs(const std::string &);
 
+/// remove given file
+/// @return true on success
+bool remove_file(const std::string &);
+/// recursively remove given directory
+/// may leave the directory partially removed on failure
+/// @return true if the directory was completely removed
+bool remove_dir(const std::string &);
+
+
+/// Create a temporary directory with lifetime tie to the instance's.
+/// Note that the directory may survive its object if removal fails
+/// for any reason, e.g. another process changing permissions.
+class TempDir {
+
+public:
+       TempDir();
+       ~TempDir();
+
+       TempDir(const TempDir &) = delete;
+       TempDir &operator =(const TempDir &) = delete;
+
+public:
+       const std::string &Path() const noexcept { return path; }
+
+private:
+       std::string path;
+
+};
+
 }
 
 #endif