X-Git-Url: https://git.lyx.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=src%2Fsupport%2FTempFile.h;h=16efede3ab57880e54bbefd7ac71a2037510db36;hb=b96ce9a9c101a711ef8a1cdd5d6fe812a18966da;hp=c9342f91f2a6bfe38e4bd661f6087dce92827047;hpb=47721216f0d0959e4337e399fdccd50f9eba8243;p=lyx.git

diff --git a/src/support/TempFile.h b/src/support/TempFile.h
index c9342f91f2..16efede3ab 100644
--- a/src/support/TempFile.h
+++ b/src/support/TempFile.h
@@ -24,14 +24,25 @@ class FileName;
  * The file is created in the constructor, and deleted in the destructor.
  * You may do anything with the file (including deletion), but the instance
  * of this class must stay alive as long as the file is needed.
+ * There is only one exception to this rule:
+ * If the file is supposed to be used by a different process then you need
+ * to be aware of OS specific file locking semantics: On windows, the file
+ * is opened with exclusive rights for the process which opened it. This
+ * is not the case on other OSes. Therefore, if the file is supposed to be
+ * used by a different process you need to sometheing similar to TempName
+ * in InsetExternal.cpp.
  */
 class TempFile {
+	/// noncopyable
+	TempFile(TempFile const &);
+	/// nonassignable
+	TempFile & operator=(TempFile const &);
 public:
 	/**
 	 *Create a temporary file with the given mask.
-	 * \p mask must be in filesystem encoding, if it contains a
-	 * relative path, the template file will be created in the global
-	 * temporary directory as given by 'package().temp_dir()'.
+	 * \p mask must be in filesystem encoding, the template file
+	 * will be created in the global temporary directory as given
+	 * by 'package().temp_dir()'.
 	 * If the mask contains "XXXXXX" this portion will be replaced by
 	 * a uniquely generated string. If it does not contain this portion,
 	 * it will be automatically appended using a dot. Therefore, please
@@ -46,6 +57,13 @@ public:
 	 * This is empty if the file could not be created.
 	 */
 	FileName name() const;
+	/**
+	 * Set whether the file should be automatically deleted in the
+	 * destructor.
+	 * Automatic deletion is the default, but it can be switched off if
+	 * the file should be kept, because it should be renamed afterwards.
+	 */
+	void setAutoRemove(bool autoremove);
 private:
 	///
 	struct Private;