dmlc::TemporaryDirectory Class Reference

Manager class for temporary directories. Whenever a new TemporaryDirectory object is constructed, a temporary directory is created. The directory is deleted when the object is deleted or goes out of scope. Note: no symbolic links are allowed inside the temporary directory. More...

#include <filesystem.h>

Public Member Functions
	TemporaryDirectory (bool verbose=false)
	Default constructor. Creates a new temporary directory with a unique name.
	~TemporaryDirectory ()
	Destructor. Will perform recursive deletion via RecursiveDelete()

Data Fields
std::string	path
	Full path of the temporary directory.

Detailed Description

Manager class for temporary directories. Whenever a new TemporaryDirectory object is constructed, a temporary directory is created. The directory is deleted when the object is deleted or goes out of scope. Note: no symbolic links are allowed inside the temporary directory.

Usage example:

void foo() {
  dmlc::TemporaryDirectory tempdir;
  // Create a file my_file.txt inside the temporary directory
  std::ofstream of(tempdir.path + "/my_file.txt");
  // ... write to my_file.txt ...
 
  // ... use my_file.txt
 
  // When tempdir goes out of scope, the temporary directory is deleted
}

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

TemporaryDirectory()

dmlc::TemporaryDirectory::TemporaryDirectory ( bool  verbose = false )

inlineexplicit

Default constructor. Creates a new temporary directory with a unique name.

Parameters

verbose

whether to emit extra messages

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

• External/xgboost/dmlc-core/include/dmlc/filesystem.h
• External/xgboost/dmlc-core/src/io/filesys.cc