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+/* tempfile.c: handle temporary directory creation (formerly also temporary
+ * files but this is no longer used).
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2001, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2011 Colin Watson.
+ *
+ * This file is part of man-db.
+ *
+ * man-db is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * man-db is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with man-db; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
+ */
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+# include "config.h"
+#endif /* HAVE_CONFIG_H */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include "xvasprintf.h"
+
+#include "manconfig.h"
+
+static const char *path_search (void)
+{
+ const char *dir = NULL;
+
+ if (getuid () == geteuid () && getgid () == getegid ()) {
+ dir = getenv ("TMPDIR");
+ if (!dir || !CAN_ACCESS (dir, W_OK))
+ dir = NULL;
+ if (!dir) {
+ dir = getenv ("TMP");
+ if (!dir || !CAN_ACCESS (dir, W_OK))
+ dir = NULL;
+ }
+ }
+#ifdef P_tmpdir
+ if (!dir) {
+ dir = P_tmpdir;
+ if (!dir || !CAN_ACCESS (dir, W_OK))
+ dir = NULL;
+ }
+#endif
+ if (!dir) {
+ dir = "/tmp";
+ if (!CAN_ACCESS (dir, W_OK))
+ dir = NULL;
+ }
+
+ return dir;
+}
+
+/* Get a sane temporary directory, looking in $TMPDIR, P_tmpdir, and finally
+ * /tmp.
+ */
+char *create_tempdir (const char *template)
+{
+ const char *dir = path_search ();
+ char *created_dirname;
+
+ if (!dir)
+ return NULL;
+ created_dirname = xasprintf ("%s/%sXXXXXX", dir, template);
+ if (!mkdtemp (created_dirname))
+ return NULL;
+ return created_dirname;
+}