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+/* tempfile.h
+ * Declarations of routines to create temporary files
+ *
+ * Wireshark - Network traffic analyzer
+ * By Gerald Combs <gerald@wireshark.org>
+ * Copyright 1998 Gerald Combs
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+ */
+
+#ifndef __TEMPFILE_H__
+#define __TEMPFILE_H__
+
+#include <wireshark.h>
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif /* __cplusplus */
+
+/** @file
+ * Convenience function for temporary file creation.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Create a tempfile with the given prefix (e.g. "wireshark"). The path
+ * is created using g_file_open_tmp.
+ *
+ * @param tempdir [in] If not NULL, the directory in which to create the file.
+ * @param namebuf [in,out] If not NULL, receives the full path of the temp file.
+ *                Must be g_freed.
+ * @param pfx [in] A prefix for the temporary file.
+ * @param sfx [in] A file extension for the temporary file. NULL can be passed
+ *                 if no file extension is needed
+ * @param err [out] Any error returned by g_file_open_tmp. May be NULL.
+ * @return The file descriptor of the new tempfile, from mkstemps().
+ */
+WS_DLL_PUBLIC int create_tempfile(const char *tempdir, char **namebuf, const char *pfx, const char *sfx, GError **err);
+
+/**
+ * Create a tempfile with the given parent directory (e.g. "/my/private/tmp"). The path
+ * is created using g_mkdtemp.
+ *
+ * @param parent_dir [in] If not NULL, the parent directory in which to create the subdirectory,
+ *                        otherwise the system temporary directory is used.
+ * @param tmpl [in] A template for the temporary directory.
+ * @param err [out] Any error returned by g_mkdtemp. May be NULL.
+ * @return The full path of the temporary directory or NULL on error. Must be g_freed.
+ */
+WS_DLL_PUBLIC char *create_tempdir(const char *parent_dir, const char *tmpl, GError **err);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif /* __cplusplus */
+
+#endif /* __TEMPFILE_H__ */