-static string createTempFile(QString const & mask)
-{
- // FIXME: This is not safe. QTemporaryFile creates a file in open(),
- // but the file is deleted when qt_tmp goes out of scope.
- // Therefore the next call to createTempFile() may create the
- // same file again. To make this safe the QTemporaryFile object
- // needs to be kept for the whole life time of the temp file name.
- // This could be achieved by creating a class TempDir (like
- // TempFile, but using a currently non-existing
- // QTemporaryDirectory object).
- QTemporaryFile qt_tmp(mask + ".XXXXXXXXXXXX");
- if (qt_tmp.open()) {
- string const temp_file = fromqstr(qt_tmp.fileName());
- LYXERR(Debug::FILES, "Temporary file `" << temp_file << "' created.");
- return temp_file;
- }
- LYXERR(Debug::FILES, "Unable to create temporary file with following template: "
- << qt_tmp.fileTemplate());
- return string();
-}
-
-