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ee8c7f54 1package File::Temp;
2
3=head1 NAME
4
5File::Temp - return name and handle of a temporary file safely
6
7=head1 SYNOPSIS
8
9 use File::Temp qw/ tempfile tempdir /;
10
11 $dir = tempdir( CLEANUP => 1 );
12 ($fh, $filename) = tempfile( DIR => $dir );
13
14 ($fh, $filename) = tempfile( $template, DIR => $dir);
15 ($fh, $filename) = tempfile( $template, SUFFIX => '.dat');
16
17 $fh = tempfile();
18
19MkTemp family:
20
21 use File::Temp qw/ :mktemp /;
22
23 ($fh, $file) = mkstemp( "tmpfileXXXXX" );
24 ($fh, $file) = mkstemps( "tmpfileXXXXXX", $suffix);
25
26 $tmpdir = mkdtemp( $template );
27
28 $unopened_file = mktemp( $template );
29
30POSIX functions:
31
32 use File::Temp qw/ :POSIX /;
33
34 $file = tmpnam();
35 $fh = tmpfile();
36
37 ($fh, $file) = tmpnam();
38 ($fh, $file) = tmpfile();
39
40
41Compatibility functions:
42
43 $unopened_file = File::Temp::tempnam( $dir, $pfx );
44
45=begin later
46
47Objects (NOT YET IMPLEMENTED):
48
49 require File::Temp;
50
51 $fh = new File::Temp($template);
52 $fname = $fh->filename;
53
54=end later
55
56=head1 DESCRIPTION
57
58C<File::Temp> can be used to create and open temporary files in a safe way.
59The tempfile() function can be used to return the name and the open
60filehandle of a temporary file. The tempdir() function can
61be used to create a temporary directory.
62
63The security aspect of temporary file creation is emphasized such that
64a filehandle and filename are returned together. This helps guarantee that
65a race condition can not occur where the temporary file is created by another process
66between checking for the existence of the file and its
67opening. Additional security levels are provided to check, for
68example, that the sticky bit is set on world writable directories.
69See L<"safe_level"> for more information.
70
71For compatibility with popular C library functions, Perl implementations of
72the mkstemp() family of functions are provided. These are, mkstemp(),
73mkstemps(), mkdtemp() and mktemp().
74
75Additionally, implementations of the standard L<POSIX|POSIX>
76tmpnam() and tmpfile() functions are provided if required.
77
78Implementations of mktemp(), tmpnam(), and tempnam() are provided,
79but should be used with caution since they return only a filename
80that was valid when function was called, so cannot guarantee
81that the file will not exist by the time the caller opens the filename.
82
83=cut
84
85# 5.6.0 gives us S_IWOTH, S_IWGRP, our and auto-vivifying filehandls
86# People would like a version on 5.005 so give them what they want :-)
87use 5.005;
88use strict;
89use Carp;
90use File::Spec 0.8;
91use File::Path qw/ rmtree /;
92use Fcntl 1.03;
93use Errno qw( EEXIST ENOENT ENOTDIR EINVAL );
94
4b19af01 95# Need the Symbol package if we are running older perl
96require Symbol if $] < 5.006;
97
98
ee8c7f54 99# use 'our' on v5.6.0
100use vars qw($VERSION @EXPORT_OK %EXPORT_TAGS $DEBUG);
101
102$DEBUG = 0;
103
104# We are exporting functions
105
ee8c7f54 106use base qw/Exporter/;
107
108# Export list - to allow fine tuning of export table
109
110@EXPORT_OK = qw{
111 tempfile
112 tempdir
113 tmpnam
114 tmpfile
115 mktemp
4b19af01 116 mkstemp
ee8c7f54 117 mkstemps
118 mkdtemp
119 unlink0
120 };
121
122# Groups of functions for export
123
124%EXPORT_TAGS = (
125 'POSIX' => [qw/ tmpnam tmpfile /],
126 'mktemp' => [qw/ mktemp mkstemp mkstemps mkdtemp/],
127 );
128
129# add contents of these tags to @EXPORT
130Exporter::export_tags('POSIX','mktemp');
131
132# Version number
133
4b19af01 134$VERSION = '0.09';
ee8c7f54 135
136# This is a list of characters that can be used in random filenames
137
138my @CHARS = (qw/ A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
139 a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z
4b19af01 140 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 _
ee8c7f54 141 /);
142
143# Maximum number of tries to make a temp file before failing
144
145use constant MAX_TRIES => 10;
146
147# Minimum number of X characters that should be in a template
148use constant MINX => 4;
149
150# Default template when no template supplied
151
152use constant TEMPXXX => 'X' x 10;
153
154# Constants for the security level
155
156use constant STANDARD => 0;
157use constant MEDIUM => 1;
158use constant HIGH => 2;
159
4b19af01 160# OPENFLAGS. If we defined the flag to use with Sysopen here this gives
161# us an optimisation when many temporary files are requested
162
163my $OPENFLAGS = O_CREAT | O_EXCL | O_RDWR;
164
165for my $oflag (qw/FOLLOW BINARY LARGEFILE EXLOCK NOINHERIT TEMPORARY/) {
166 my ($bit, $func) = (0, "Fcntl::O_" . $oflag);
167 no strict 'refs';
168 $OPENFLAGS |= $bit if eval { $bit = &$func(); 1 };
169}
170
171
172
ee8c7f54 173# INTERNAL ROUTINES - not to be used outside of package
174
175# Generic routine for getting a temporary filename
176# modelled on OpenBSD _gettemp() in mktemp.c
177
4b19af01 178# The template must contain X's that are to be replaced
ee8c7f54 179# with the random values
180
181# Arguments:
182
183# TEMPLATE - string containing the XXXXX's that is converted
184# to a random filename and opened if required
185
186# Optionally, a hash can also be supplied containing specific options
187# "open" => if true open the temp file, else just return the name
188# default is 0
189# "mkdir"=> if true, we are creating a temp directory rather than tempfile
190# default is 0
191# "suffixlen" => number of characters at end of PATH to be ignored.
192# default is 0.
193# "open" and "mkdir" can not both be true
194
195# The default options are equivalent to mktemp().
196
197# Returns:
198# filehandle - open file handle (if called with doopen=1, else undef)
199# temp name - name of the temp file or directory
200
201# For example:
202# ($fh, $name) = _gettemp($template, "open" => 1);
203
204# for the current version, failures are associated with
205# a carp to give the reason whilst debugging
206
207sub _gettemp {
208
209 croak 'Usage: ($fh, $name) = _gettemp($template, OPTIONS);'
210 unless scalar(@_) >= 1;
211
212 # Default options
213 my %options = (
214 "open" => 0,
215 "mkdir" => 0,
216 "suffixlen" => 0,
217 );
218
219 # Read the template
220 my $template = shift;
221 if (ref($template)) {
222 carp "File::Temp::_gettemp: template must not be a reference";
223 return ();
224 }
225
226 # Check that the number of entries on stack are even
227 if (scalar(@_) % 2 != 0) {
228 carp "File::Temp::_gettemp: Must have even number of options";
229 return ();
230 }
231
232 # Read the options and merge with defaults
233 %options = (%options, @_) if @_;
4b19af01 234
ee8c7f54 235 # Can not open the file and make a directory in a single call
236 if ($options{"open"} && $options{"mkdir"}) {
237 carp "File::Temp::_gettemp: doopen and domkdir can not both be true\n";
238 return ();
239 }
240
241 # Find the start of the end of the Xs (position of last X)
242 # Substr starts from 0
243 my $start = length($template) - 1 - $options{"suffixlen"};
244
245 # Check that we have at least MINX x X (eg 'XXXX") at the end of the string
246 # (taking suffixlen into account). Any fewer is insecure.
247
248 # Do it using substr - no reason to use a pattern match since
249 # we know where we are looking and what we are looking for
250
251 if (substr($template, $start - MINX + 1, MINX) ne 'X' x MINX) {
252 carp "File::Temp::_gettemp: The template must contain at least ". MINX ." 'X' characters\n";
253 return ();
254 }
255
256 # Replace all the X at the end of the substring with a
257 # random character or just all the XX at the end of a full string.
258 # Do it as an if, since the suffix adjusts which section to replace
259 # and suffixlen=0 returns nothing if used in the substr directly
260 # and generate a full path from the template
261
262 my $path = _replace_XX($template, $options{"suffixlen"});
263
264
265 # Split the path into constituent parts - eventually we need to check
266 # whether the directory exists
267 # We need to know whether we are making a temp directory
268 # or a tempfile
269
270 my ($volume, $directories, $file);
271 my $parent; # parent directory
272 if ($options{"mkdir"}) {
273 # There is no filename at the end
274 ($volume, $directories, $file) = File::Spec->splitpath( $path, 1);
275
276 # The parent is then $directories without the last directory
277 # Split the directory and put it back together again
278 my @dirs = File::Spec->splitdir($directories);
279
280 # If @dirs only has one entry that means we are in the current
281 # directory
282 if ($#dirs == 0) {
283 $parent = File::Spec->curdir;
284 } else {
285
4b19af01 286 if ($^O eq 'VMS') { # need volume to avoid relative dir spec
287 $parent = File::Spec->catdir($volume, @dirs[0..$#dirs-1]);
288 } else {
ee8c7f54 289
4b19af01 290 # Put it back together without the last one
291 $parent = File::Spec->catdir(@dirs[0..$#dirs-1]);
292
293 # ...and attach the volume (no filename)
294 $parent = File::Spec->catpath($volume, $parent, '');
295 }
ee8c7f54 296
297 }
298
299 } else {
300
301 # Get rid of the last filename (use File::Basename for this?)
302 ($volume, $directories, $file) = File::Spec->splitpath( $path );
303
304 # Join up without the file part
305 $parent = File::Spec->catpath($volume,$directories,'');
306
307 # If $parent is empty replace with curdir
308 $parent = File::Spec->curdir
309 unless $directories ne '';
310
311 }
312
313 # Check that the parent directories exist
314 # Do this even for the case where we are simply returning a name
315 # not a file -- no point returning a name that includes a directory
316 # that does not exist or is not writable
317
318 unless (-d $parent && -w _) {
4b19af01 319 carp "File::Temp::_gettemp: Parent directory ($parent) is not a directory"
ee8c7f54 320 . " or is not writable\n";
321 return ();
322 }
323
324 # Check the stickiness of the directory and chown giveaway if required
325 # If the directory is world writable the sticky bit
326 # must be set
327
328 if (File::Temp->safe_level == MEDIUM) {
329 unless (_is_safe($parent)) {
330 carp "File::Temp::_gettemp: Parent directory ($parent) is not safe (sticky bit not set when world writable?)";
331 return ();
332 }
333 } elsif (File::Temp->safe_level == HIGH) {
334 unless (_is_verysafe($parent)) {
335 carp "File::Temp::_gettemp: Parent directory ($parent) is not safe (sticky bit not set when world writable?)";
336 return ();
337 }
338 }
339
340
341 # Calculate the flags that we wish to use for the sysopen
342 # Some of these are not always available
4b19af01 343# my $openflags;
344# if ($options{"open"}) {
ee8c7f54 345 # Default set
4b19af01 346# $openflags = O_CREAT | O_EXCL | O_RDWR;
ee8c7f54 347
4b19af01 348# for my $oflag (qw/FOLLOW BINARY LARGEFILE EXLOCK NOINHERIT TEMPORARY/) {
349# my ($bit, $func) = (0, "Fcntl::O_" . $oflag);
350# no strict 'refs';
351# $openflags |= $bit if eval { $bit = &$func(); 1 };
352# }
ee8c7f54 353
4b19af01 354# }
ee8c7f54 355
356 # Now try MAX_TRIES time to open the file
357 for (my $i = 0; $i < MAX_TRIES; $i++) {
358
359 # Try to open the file if requested
360 if ($options{"open"}) {
361 my $fh;
362
363 # If we are running before perl5.6.0 we can not auto-vivify
364 if ($] < 5.006) {
ee8c7f54 365 $fh = &Symbol::gensym;
366 }
367
368 # Try to make sure this will be marked close-on-exec
369 # XXX: Win32 doesn't respect this, nor the proper fcntl,
370 # but may have O_NOINHERIT. This may or may not be in Fcntl.
371 local $^F = 2;
372
373 # Store callers umask
374 my $umask = umask();
375
376 # Set a known umask
377 umask(066);
378
379 # Attempt to open the file
4b19af01 380 if ( sysopen($fh, $path, $OPENFLAGS, 0600) ) {
ee8c7f54 381
382 # Reset umask
383 umask($umask);
384
385 # Opened successfully - return file handle and name
386 return ($fh, $path);
387
388 } else {
389 # Reset umask
390 umask($umask);
391
392 # Error opening file - abort with error
393 # if the reason was anything but EEXIST
394 unless ($! == EEXIST) {
395 carp "File::Temp: Could not create temp file $path: $!";
396 return ();
397 }
398
399 # Loop round for another try
400
401 }
402 } elsif ($options{"mkdir"}) {
403
404 # Store callers umask
405 my $umask = umask();
406
407 # Set a known umask
408 umask(066);
409
410 # Open the temp directory
411 if (mkdir( $path, 0700)) {
412 # created okay
413 # Reset umask
414 umask($umask);
415
416 return undef, $path;
417 } else {
418
419 # Reset umask
420 umask($umask);
421
422 # Abort with error if the reason for failure was anything
423 # except EEXIST
424 unless ($! == EEXIST) {
425 carp "File::Temp: Could not create directory $path: $!";
426 return ();
427 }
428
429 # Loop round for another try
430
431 }
432
433 } else {
434
435 # Return true if the file can not be found
436 # Directory has been checked previously
437
438 return (undef, $path) unless -e $path;
439
4b19af01 440 # Try again until MAX_TRIES
ee8c7f54 441
442 }
4b19af01 443
ee8c7f54 444 # Did not successfully open the tempfile/dir
445 # so try again with a different set of random letters
446 # No point in trying to increment unless we have only
447 # 1 X say and the randomness could come up with the same
448 # file MAX_TRIES in a row.
449
450 # Store current attempt - in principal this implies that the
451 # 3rd time around the open attempt that the first temp file
452 # name could be generated again. Probably should store each
453 # attempt and make sure that none are repeated
454
455 my $original = $path;
456 my $counter = 0; # Stop infinite loop
457 my $MAX_GUESS = 50;
458
459 do {
460
461 # Generate new name from original template
462 $path = _replace_XX($template, $options{"suffixlen"});
463
464 $counter++;
465
466 } until ($path ne $original || $counter > $MAX_GUESS);
467
468 # Check for out of control looping
469 if ($counter > $MAX_GUESS) {
4b19af01 470 carp "Tried to get a new temp name different to the previous value $MAX_GUESS times.\nSomething wrong with template?? ($template)";
ee8c7f54 471 return ();
472 }
473
474 }
475
476 # If we get here, we have run out of tries
477 carp "Have exceeded the maximum number of attempts (".MAX_TRIES .
478 ") to open temp file/dir";
479
480 return ();
481
482}
483
484# Internal routine to return a random character from the
485# character list. Does not do an srand() since rand()
486# will do one automatically
487
488# No arguments. Return value is the random character
489
4b19af01 490# No longer called since _replace_XX runs a few percent faster if
491# I inline the code. This is important if we are creating thousands of
492# temporary files.
493
ee8c7f54 494sub _randchar {
495
496 $CHARS[ int( rand( $#CHARS ) ) ];
497
498}
499
500# Internal routine to replace the XXXX... with random characters
501# This has to be done by _gettemp() every time it fails to
502# open a temp file/dir
503
504# Arguments: $template (the template with XXX),
505# $ignore (number of characters at end to ignore)
506
507# Returns: modified template
508
509sub _replace_XX {
510
511 croak 'Usage: _replace_XX($template, $ignore)'
512 unless scalar(@_) == 2;
513
514 my ($path, $ignore) = @_;
515
516 # Do it as an if, since the suffix adjusts which section to replace
517 # and suffixlen=0 returns nothing if used in the substr directly
518 # Alternatively, could simply set $ignore to length($path)-1
519 # Don't want to always use substr when not required though.
520
521 if ($ignore) {
4b19af01 522 substr($path, 0, - $ignore) =~ s/X(?=X*\z)/$CHARS[ int( rand( $#CHARS ) ) ]/ge;
ee8c7f54 523 } else {
4b19af01 524 $path =~ s/X(?=X*\z)/$CHARS[ int( rand( $#CHARS ) ) ]/ge;
ee8c7f54 525 }
526
527 return $path;
528}
529
530# internal routine to check to see if the directory is safe
4b19af01 531# First checks to see if the directory is not owned by the
ee8c7f54 532# current user or root. Then checks to see if anyone else
4b19af01 533# can write to the directory and if so, checks to see if
ee8c7f54 534# it has the sticky bit set
535
536# Will not work on systems that do not support sticky bit
537
538#Args: directory path to check
539# Returns true if the path is safe and false otherwise.
540# Returns undef if can not even run stat() on the path
541
542# This routine based on version written by Tom Christiansen
543
544# Presumably, by the time we actually attempt to create the
545# file or directory in this directory, it may not be safe
546# anymore... Have to run _is_safe directly after the open.
547
548sub _is_safe {
549
550 my $path = shift;
551
552 # Stat path
553 my @info = stat($path);
554 return 0 unless scalar(@info);
4b19af01 555 return 1 if $^O eq 'VMS'; # owner delete control at file level
ee8c7f54 556
557 # Check to see whether owner is neither superuser (or a system uid) nor me
558 # Use the real uid from the $< variable
559 # UID is in [4]
560 if ( $info[4] > File::Temp->top_system_uid() && $info[4] != $<) {
561 carp "Directory owned neither by root nor the current user";
562 return 0;
563 }
564
565 # check whether group or other can write file
566 # use 066 to detect either reading or writing
567 # use 022 to check writability
568 # Do it with S_IWOTH and S_IWGRP for portability (maybe)
569 # mode is in info[2]
570 if (($info[2] & &Fcntl::S_IWGRP) || # Is group writable?
571 ($info[2] & &Fcntl::S_IWOTH) ) { # Is world writable?
572 return 0 unless -d _; # Must be a directory
573 return 0 unless -k _; # Must be sticky
574 }
575
576 return 1;
577}
578
579# Internal routine to check whether a directory is safe
580# for temp files. Safer than _is_safe since it checks for
581# the possibility of chown giveaway and if that is a possibility
582# checks each directory in the path to see if it is safe (with _is_safe)
583
584# If _PC_CHOWN_RESTRICTED is not set, does the full test of each
585# directory anyway.
586
587sub _is_verysafe {
588
589 # Need POSIX - but only want to bother if really necessary due to overhead
590 require POSIX;
591
592 my $path = shift;
4b19af01 593 return 1 if $^O eq 'VMS'; # owner delete control at file level
ee8c7f54 594
595 # Should Get the value of _PC_CHOWN_RESTRICTED if it is defined
596 # and If it is not there do the extensive test
597 my $chown_restricted;
598 $chown_restricted = &POSIX::_PC_CHOWN_RESTRICTED()
599 if eval { &POSIX::_PC_CHOWN_RESTRICTED(); 1};
600
601 # If chown_resticted is set to some value we should test it
602 if (defined $chown_restricted) {
603
604 # Return if the current directory is safe
605 return _is_safe($path) if POSIX::sysconf( $chown_restricted );
606
607 }
608
609 # To reach this point either, the _PC_CHOWN_RESTRICTED symbol
610 # was not avialable or the symbol was there but chown giveaway
611 # is allowed. Either way, we now have to test the entire tree for
612 # safety.
613
614 # Convert path to an absolute directory if required
615 unless (File::Spec->file_name_is_absolute($path)) {
616 $path = File::Spec->rel2abs($path);
617 }
618
619 # Split directory into components - assume no file
620 my ($volume, $directories, undef) = File::Spec->splitpath( $path, 1);
621
622 # Slightly less efficient than having a a function in File::Spec
623 # to chop off the end of a directory or even a function that
624 # can handle ../ in a directory tree
625 # Sometimes splitdir() returns a blank at the end
626 # so we will probably check the bottom directory twice in some cases
627 my @dirs = File::Spec->splitdir($directories);
628
629 # Concatenate one less directory each time around
630 foreach my $pos (0.. $#dirs) {
631 # Get a directory name
632 my $dir = File::Spec->catpath($volume,
633 File::Spec->catdir(@dirs[0.. $#dirs - $pos]),
634 ''
635 );
636
637 print "TESTING DIR $dir\n" if $DEBUG;
638
639 # Check the directory
640 return 0 unless _is_safe($dir);
641
642 }
643
644 return 1;
645}
646
647
648
649# internal routine to determine whether unlink works on this
650# platform for files that are currently open.
651# Returns true if we can, false otherwise.
652
4b19af01 653# Currently WinNT, OS/2 and VMS can not unlink an opened file
654# On VMS this is because the O_EXCL flag is used to open the
655# temporary file. Currently I do not know enough about the issues
656# on VMS to decide whether O_EXCL is a requirement.
ee8c7f54 657
658sub _can_unlink_opened_file {
659
4b19af01 660 if ($^O eq 'MSWin32' || $^O eq 'os2' || $^O eq 'VMS') {
661 return 0;
662 } else {
663 return 1;
664 }
ee8c7f54 665
666}
667
4b19af01 668# internal routine to decide which security levels are allowed
669# see safe_level() for more information on this
670
671# Controls whether the supplied security level is allowed
672
673# $cando = _can_do_level( $level )
674
675sub _can_do_level {
676
677 # Get security level
678 my $level = shift;
679
680 # Always have to be able to do STANDARD
681 return 1 if $level == STANDARD;
682
683 # Currently, the systems that can do HIGH or MEDIUM are identical
684 if ( $^O eq 'MSWin32' || $^O eq 'os2') {
685 return 0;
686 } else {
687 return 1;
688 }
689
690}
ee8c7f54 691
692# This routine sets up a deferred unlinking of a specified
693# filename and filehandle. It is used in the following cases:
4b19af01 694# - Called by unlink0 if an opened file can not be unlinked
ee8c7f54 695# - Called by tempfile() if files are to be removed on shutdown
696# - Called by tempdir() if directories are to be removed on shutdown
697
698# Arguments:
699# _deferred_unlink( $fh, $fname, $isdir );
700#
701# - filehandle (so that it can be expclicitly closed if open
702# - filename (the thing we want to remove)
703# - isdir (flag to indicate that we are being given a directory)
704# [and hence no filehandle]
705
4b19af01 706# Status is not referred to since all the magic is done with and END block
ee8c7f54 707
4b19af01 708{
709 # Will set up two lexical variables to contain all the files to be
710 # removed. One array for files, another for directories
711 # They will only exist in this block
712 # This means we only have to set up a single END block to remove all files
713 # @files_to_unlink contains an array ref with the filehandle and filename
714 my (@files_to_unlink, @dirs_to_unlink);
715
716 # Set up an end block to use these arrays
717 END {
718 # Files
719 foreach my $file (@files_to_unlink) {
720 # close the filehandle without checking its state
721 # in order to make real sure that this is closed
722 # if its already closed then I dont care about the answer
723 # probably a better way to do this
724 close($file->[0]); # file handle is [0]
725
726 if (-f $file->[1]) { # file name is [1]
727 unlink $file->[1] or warn "Error removing ".$file->[1];
728 }
729 }
730 # Dirs
731 foreach my $dir (@dirs_to_unlink) {
732 if (-d $dir) {
733 rmtree($dir, $DEBUG, 1);
734 }
735 }
ee8c7f54 736
ee8c7f54 737
4b19af01 738 }
ee8c7f54 739
4b19af01 740 # This is the sub called to register a file for deferred unlinking
741 # This could simply store the input parameters and defer everything
742 # until the END block. For now we do a bit of checking at this
743 # point in order to make sure that (1) we have a file/dir to delete
744 # and (2) we have been called with the correct arguments.
745 sub _deferred_unlink {
ee8c7f54 746
4b19af01 747 croak 'Usage: _deferred_unlink($fh, $fname, $isdir)'
748 unless scalar(@_) == 3;
ee8c7f54 749
4b19af01 750 my ($fh, $fname, $isdir) = @_;
ee8c7f54 751
4b19af01 752 warn "Setting up deferred removal of $fname\n"
753 if $DEBUG;
ee8c7f54 754
4b19af01 755 # If we have a directory, check that it is a directory
756 if ($isdir) {
ee8c7f54 757
4b19af01 758 if (-d $fname) {
ee8c7f54 759
4b19af01 760 # Directory exists so store it
761 push (@dirs_to_unlink, $fname);
ee8c7f54 762
4b19af01 763 } else {
764 carp "Request to remove directory $fname could not be completed since it does not exists!\n";
765 }
ee8c7f54 766
767 } else {
ee8c7f54 768
4b19af01 769 if (-f $fname) {
770
771 # file exists so store handle and name for later removal
772 push(@files_to_unlink, [$fh, $fname]);
773
774 } else {
775 carp "Request to remove file $fname could not be completed since it is not there!\n";
776 }
777
778 }
ee8c7f54 779
ee8c7f54 780 }
781
ee8c7f54 782
4b19af01 783}
ee8c7f54 784
785=head1 FUNCTIONS
786
787This section describes the recommended interface for generating
788temporary files and directories.
789
790=over 4
791
792=item B<tempfile>
793
794This is the basic function to generate temporary files.
795The behaviour of the file can be changed using various options:
796
797 ($fh, $filename) = tempfile();
798
799Create a temporary file in the directory specified for temporary
800files, as specified by the tmpdir() function in L<File::Spec>.
801
802 ($fh, $filename) = tempfile($template);
803
804Create a temporary file in the current directory using the supplied
805template. Trailing `X' characters are replaced with random letters to
806generate the filename. At least four `X' characters must be present
807in the template.
808
809 ($fh, $filename) = tempfile($template, SUFFIX => $suffix)
810
811Same as previously, except that a suffix is added to the template
812after the `X' translation. Useful for ensuring that a temporary
813filename has a particular extension when needed by other applications.
814But see the WARNING at the end.
815
816 ($fh, $filename) = tempfile($template, DIR => $dir);
817
818Translates the template as before except that a directory name
819is specified.
820
821If the template is not specified, a template is always
822automatically generated. This temporary file is placed in tmpdir()
823(L<File::Spec>) unless a directory is specified explicitly with the
824DIR option.
825
826 $fh = tempfile( $template, DIR => $dir );
827
828If called in scalar context, only the filehandle is returned
829and the file will automatically be deleted when closed (see
830the description of tmpfile() elsewhere in this document).
831This is the preferred mode of operation, as if you only
832have a filehandle, you can never create a race condition
833by fumbling with the filename. On systems that can not unlink
834an open file (for example, Windows NT) the file is marked for
835deletion when the program ends (equivalent to setting UNLINK to 1).
836
837 (undef, $filename) = tempfile($template, OPEN => 0);
838
839This will return the filename based on the template but
840will not open this file. Cannot be used in conjunction with
841UNLINK set to true. Default is to always open the file
842to protect from possible race conditions. A warning is issued
843if warnings are turned on. Consider using the tmpnam()
844and mktemp() functions described elsewhere in this document
845if opening the file is not required.
846
847=cut
848
849sub tempfile {
850
851 # Can not check for argument count since we can have any
852 # number of args
853
854 # Default options
855 my %options = (
856 "DIR" => undef, # Directory prefix
857 "SUFFIX" => '', # Template suffix
858 "UNLINK" => 0, # Unlink file on exit
859 "OPEN" => 1, # Do not open file
860 );
861
862 # Check to see whether we have an odd or even number of arguments
863 my $template = (scalar(@_) % 2 == 1 ? shift(@_) : undef);
864
865 # Read the options and merge with defaults
866 %options = (%options, @_) if @_;
867
868 # First decision is whether or not to open the file
869 if (! $options{"OPEN"}) {
870
871 warn "tempfile(): temporary filename requested but not opened.\nPossibly unsafe, consider using tempfile() with OPEN set to true\n"
872 if $^W;
873
874 }
875
4b19af01 876 # Construct the template
ee8c7f54 877
878 # Have a choice of trying to work around the mkstemp/mktemp/tmpnam etc
879 # functions or simply constructing a template and using _gettemp()
880 # explicitly. Go for the latter
881
882 # First generate a template if not defined and prefix the directory
883 # If no template must prefix the temp directory
884 if (defined $template) {
885 if ($options{"DIR"}) {
886
887 $template = File::Spec->catfile($options{"DIR"}, $template);
888
889 }
890
891 } else {
892
893 if ($options{"DIR"}) {
894
895 $template = File::Spec->catfile($options{"DIR"}, TEMPXXX);
896
897 } else {
4b19af01 898
ee8c7f54 899 $template = File::Spec->catfile(File::Spec->tmpdir, TEMPXXX);
900
901 }
4b19af01 902
ee8c7f54 903 }
904
905 # Now add a suffix
906 $template .= $options{"SUFFIX"};
907
908 # Create the file
909 my ($fh, $path);
910 croak "Error in tempfile() using $template"
911 unless (($fh, $path) = _gettemp($template,
912 "open" => $options{'OPEN'},
913 "mkdir"=> 0 ,
914 "suffixlen" => length($options{'SUFFIX'}),
4b19af01 915 ) );
ee8c7f54 916
917 # Set up an exit handler that can do whatever is right for the
918 # system. Do not check return status since this is all done with
919 # END blocks
920 _deferred_unlink($fh, $path, 0) if $options{"UNLINK"};
4b19af01 921
ee8c7f54 922 # Return
923 if (wantarray()) {
924
925 if ($options{'OPEN'}) {
926 return ($fh, $path);
927 } else {
928 return (undef, $path);
929 }
930
931 } else {
932
933 # Unlink the file. It is up to unlink0 to decide what to do with
934 # this (whether to unlink now or to defer until later)
935 unlink0($fh, $path) or croak "Error unlinking file $path using unlink0";
4b19af01 936
ee8c7f54 937 # Return just the filehandle.
938 return $fh;
939 }
940
941
942}
943
944=item B<tempdir>
945
946This is the recommended interface for creation of temporary directories.
947The behaviour of the function depends on the arguments:
948
949 $tempdir = tempdir();
950
951Create a directory in tmpdir() (see L<File::Spec|File::Spec>).
952
953 $tempdir = tempdir( $template );
954
955Create a directory from the supplied template. This template is
956similar to that described for tempfile(). `X' characters at the end
957of the template are replaced with random letters to construct the
958directory name. At least four `X' characters must be in the template.
959
960 $tempdir = tempdir ( DIR => $dir );
961
962Specifies the directory to use for the temporary directory.
963The temporary directory name is derived from an internal template.
964
965 $tempdir = tempdir ( $template, DIR => $dir );
966
967Prepend the supplied directory name to the template. The template
968should not include parent directory specifications itself. Any parent
969directory specifications are removed from the template before
970prepending the supplied directory.
971
972 $tempdir = tempdir ( $template, TMPDIR => 1 );
973
974Using the supplied template, creat the temporary directory in
975a standard location for temporary files. Equivalent to doing
976
977 $tempdir = tempdir ( $template, DIR => File::Spec->tmpdir);
978
979but shorter. Parent directory specifications are stripped from the
980template itself. The C<TMPDIR> option is ignored if C<DIR> is set
981explicitly. Additionally, C<TMPDIR> is implied if neither a template
982nor a directory are supplied.
983
984 $tempdir = tempdir( $template, CLEANUP => 1);
985
986Create a temporary directory using the supplied template, but
987attempt to remove it (and all files inside it) when the program
988exits. Note that an attempt will be made to remove all files from
989the directory even if they were not created by this module (otherwise
990why ask to clean it up?). The directory removal is made with
991the rmtree() function from the L<File::Path|File::Path> module.
992Of course, if the template is not specified, the temporary directory
993will be created in tmpdir() and will also be removed at program exit.
994
995=cut
996
997# '
998
999sub tempdir {
1000
1001 # Can not check for argument count since we can have any
1002 # number of args
1003
1004 # Default options
1005 my %options = (
1006 "CLEANUP" => 0, # Remove directory on exit
1007 "DIR" => '', # Root directory
1008 "TMPDIR" => 0, # Use tempdir with template
1009 );
1010
1011 # Check to see whether we have an odd or even number of arguments
1012 my $template = (scalar(@_) % 2 == 1 ? shift(@_) : undef );
1013
1014 # Read the options and merge with defaults
1015 %options = (%options, @_) if @_;
1016
1017 # Modify or generate the template
1018
1019 # Deal with the DIR and TMPDIR options
1020 if (defined $template) {
1021
1022 # Need to strip directory path if using DIR or TMPDIR
1023 if ($options{'TMPDIR'} || $options{'DIR'}) {
1024
1025 # Strip parent directory from the filename
1026 #
1027 # There is no filename at the end
1028 my ($volume, $directories, undef) = File::Spec->splitpath( $template, 1);
1029
1030 # Last directory is then our template
1031 $template = (File::Spec->splitdir($directories))[-1];
1032
1033 # Prepend the supplied directory or temp dir
1034 if ($options{"DIR"}) {
1035
1036 $template = File::Spec->catfile($options{"DIR"}, $template);
1037
1038 } elsif ($options{TMPDIR}) {
1039
1040 # Prepend tmpdir
1041 $template = File::Spec->catdir(File::Spec->tmpdir, $template);
1042
1043 }
1044
1045 }
1046
1047 } else {
1048
1049 if ($options{"DIR"}) {
1050
1051 $template = File::Spec->catdir($options{"DIR"}, TEMPXXX);
1052
1053 } else {
4b19af01 1054
ee8c7f54 1055 $template = File::Spec->catdir(File::Spec->tmpdir, TEMPXXX);
1056
1057 }
4b19af01 1058
ee8c7f54 1059 }
1060
1061 # Create the directory
1062 my $tempdir;
4b19af01 1063 my $suffixlen = 0;
1064 if ($^O eq 'VMS') { # dir names can end in delimiters
1065 $template =~ m/([\.\]:>]+)$/;
1066 $suffixlen = length($1);
1067 }
ee8c7f54 1068 croak "Error in tempdir() using $template"
1069 unless ((undef, $tempdir) = _gettemp($template,
4b19af01 1070 "open" => 0,
ee8c7f54 1071 "mkdir"=> 1 ,
4b19af01 1072 "suffixlen" => $suffixlen,
1073 ) );
1074
ee8c7f54 1075 # Install exit handler; must be dynamic to get lexical
4b19af01 1076 if ( $options{'CLEANUP'} && -d $tempdir) {
ee8c7f54 1077 _deferred_unlink(undef, $tempdir, 1);
4b19af01 1078 }
ee8c7f54 1079
1080 # Return the dir name
1081 return $tempdir;
1082
1083}
1084
1085=back
1086
1087=head1 MKTEMP FUNCTIONS
1088
1089The following functions are Perl implementations of the
1090mktemp() family of temp file generation system calls.
1091
1092=over 4
1093
1094=item B<mkstemp>
1095
1096Given a template, returns a filehandle to the temporary file and the name
1097of the file.
1098
1099 ($fh, $name) = mkstemp( $template );
1100
1101In scalar context, just the filehandle is returned.
1102
1103The template may be any filename with some number of X's appended
1104to it, for example F</tmp/temp.XXXX>. The trailing X's are replaced
1105with unique alphanumeric combinations.
1106
1107=cut
1108
1109
1110
1111sub mkstemp {
1112
1113 croak "Usage: mkstemp(template)"
1114 if scalar(@_) != 1;
1115
1116 my $template = shift;
1117
1118 my ($fh, $path);
1119 croak "Error in mkstemp using $template"
4b19af01 1120 unless (($fh, $path) = _gettemp($template,
1121 "open" => 1,
ee8c7f54 1122 "mkdir"=> 0 ,
1123 "suffixlen" => 0,
1124 ) );
1125
1126 if (wantarray()) {
1127 return ($fh, $path);
1128 } else {
1129 return $fh;
1130 }
1131
1132}
1133
1134
1135=item B<mkstemps>
1136
1137Similar to mkstemp(), except that an extra argument can be supplied
1138with a suffix to be appended to the template.
1139
1140 ($fh, $name) = mkstemps( $template, $suffix );
1141
1142For example a template of C<testXXXXXX> and suffix of C<.dat>
1143would generate a file similar to F<testhGji_w.dat>.
1144
1145Returns just the filehandle alone when called in scalar context.
1146
1147=cut
1148
1149sub mkstemps {
1150
1151 croak "Usage: mkstemps(template, suffix)"
1152 if scalar(@_) != 2;
1153
1154
1155 my $template = shift;
1156 my $suffix = shift;
1157
1158 $template .= $suffix;
4b19af01 1159
ee8c7f54 1160 my ($fh, $path);
1161 croak "Error in mkstemps using $template"
1162 unless (($fh, $path) = _gettemp($template,
1163 "open" => 1,
1164 "mkdir"=> 0 ,
1165 "suffixlen" => length($suffix),
1166 ) );
1167
1168 if (wantarray()) {
1169 return ($fh, $path);
1170 } else {
1171 return $fh;
1172 }
1173
1174}
1175
1176=item B<mkdtemp>
1177
1178Create a directory from a template. The template must end in
1179X's that are replaced by the routine.
1180
1181 $tmpdir_name = mkdtemp($template);
1182
1183Returns the name of the temporary directory created.
1184Returns undef on failure.
1185
1186Directory must be removed by the caller.
1187
1188=cut
1189
1190#' # for emacs
1191
1192sub mkdtemp {
1193
1194 croak "Usage: mkdtemp(template)"
1195 if scalar(@_) != 1;
ee8c7f54 1196
4b19af01 1197 my $template = shift;
1198 my $suffixlen = 0;
1199 if ($^O eq 'VMS') { # dir names can end in delimiters
1200 $template =~ m/([\.\]:>]+)$/;
1201 $suffixlen = length($1);
1202 }
ee8c7f54 1203 my ($junk, $tmpdir);
1204 croak "Error creating temp directory from template $template\n"
1205 unless (($junk, $tmpdir) = _gettemp($template,
4b19af01 1206 "open" => 0,
ee8c7f54 1207 "mkdir"=> 1 ,
4b19af01 1208 "suffixlen" => $suffixlen,
ee8c7f54 1209 ) );
1210
1211 return $tmpdir;
1212
1213}
1214
1215=item B<mktemp>
1216
1217Returns a valid temporary filename but does not guarantee
1218that the file will not be opened by someone else.
1219
1220 $unopened_file = mktemp($template);
1221
1222Template is the same as that required by mkstemp().
1223
1224=cut
1225
1226sub mktemp {
1227
1228 croak "Usage: mktemp(template)"
1229 if scalar(@_) != 1;
1230
1231 my $template = shift;
1232
1233 my ($tmpname, $junk);
1234 croak "Error getting name to temp file from template $template\n"
1235 unless (($junk, $tmpname) = _gettemp($template,
4b19af01 1236 "open" => 0,
ee8c7f54 1237 "mkdir"=> 0 ,
1238 "suffixlen" => 0,
1239 ) );
1240
1241 return $tmpname;
1242}
1243
1244=back
1245
1246=head1 POSIX FUNCTIONS
1247
1248This section describes the re-implementation of the tmpnam()
1249and tmpfile() functions described in L<POSIX>
1250using the mkstemp() from this module.
1251
1252Unlike the L<POSIX|POSIX> implementations, the directory used
1253for the temporary file is not specified in a system include
1254file (C<P_tmpdir>) but simply depends on the choice of tmpdir()
1255returned by L<File::Spec|File::Spec>. On some implementations this
1256location can be set using the C<TMPDIR> environment variable, which
1257may not be secure.
1258If this is a problem, simply use mkstemp() and specify a template.
1259
1260=over 4
1261
1262=item B<tmpnam>
1263
1264When called in scalar context, returns the full name (including path)
1265of a temporary file (uses mktemp()). The only check is that the file does
1266not already exist, but there is no guarantee that that condition will
1267continue to apply.
1268
1269 $file = tmpnam();
1270
1271When called in list context, a filehandle to the open file and
1272a filename are returned. This is achieved by calling mkstemp()
1273after constructing a suitable template.
1274
1275 ($fh, $file) = tmpnam();
1276
1277If possible, this form should be used to prevent possible
1278race conditions.
1279
1280See L<File::Spec/tmpdir> for information on the choice of temporary
1281directory for a particular operating system.
1282
1283=cut
1284
1285sub tmpnam {
1286
1287 # Retrieve the temporary directory name
1288 my $tmpdir = File::Spec->tmpdir;
1289
1290 croak "Error temporary directory is not writable"
1291 if $tmpdir eq '';
1292
1293 # Use a ten character template and append to tmpdir
1294 my $template = File::Spec->catfile($tmpdir, TEMPXXX);
4b19af01 1295
ee8c7f54 1296 if (wantarray() ) {
1297 return mkstemp($template);
1298 } else {
1299 return mktemp($template);
1300 }
1301
1302}
1303
1304=item B<tmpfile>
1305
1306In scalar context, returns the filehandle of a temporary file.
1307
1308 $fh = tmpfile();
1309
1310The file is removed when the filehandle is closed or when the program
1311exits. No access to the filename is provided.
1312
1313=cut
1314
1315sub tmpfile {
1316
1317 # Simply call tmpnam() in an array context
1318 my ($fh, $file) = tmpnam();
1319
1320 # Make sure file is removed when filehandle is closed
1321 unlink0($fh, $file) or croak "Unable to unlink temporary file: $!";
1322
1323 return $fh;
1324
1325}
1326
1327=back
1328
1329=head1 ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS
1330
1331These functions are provided for backwards compatibility
1332with common tempfile generation C library functions.
1333
1334They are not exported and must be addressed using the full package
1335name.
1336
1337=over 4
1338
1339=item B<tempnam>
1340
1341Return the name of a temporary file in the specified directory
1342using a prefix. The file is guaranteed not to exist at the time
1343the function was called, but such guarantees are good for one
1344clock tick only. Always use the proper form of C<sysopen>
1345with C<O_CREAT | O_EXCL> if you must open such a filename.
1346
1347 $filename = File::Temp::tempnam( $dir, $prefix );
1348
1349Equivalent to running mktemp() with $dir/$prefixXXXXXXXX
1350(using unix file convention as an example)
1351
1352Because this function uses mktemp(), it can suffer from race conditions.
1353
1354=cut
1355
1356sub tempnam {
1357
1358 croak 'Usage tempnam($dir, $prefix)' unless scalar(@_) == 2;
1359
1360 my ($dir, $prefix) = @_;
1361
1362 # Add a string to the prefix
1363 $prefix .= 'XXXXXXXX';
1364
1365 # Concatenate the directory to the file
1366 my $template = File::Spec->catfile($dir, $prefix);
1367
1368 return mktemp($template);
1369
1370}
1371
1372=back
1373
1374=head1 UTILITY FUNCTIONS
1375
1376Useful functions for dealing with the filehandle and filename.
1377
1378=over 4
1379
1380=item B<unlink0>
1381
1382Given an open filehandle and the associated filename, make a safe
1383unlink. This is achieved by first checking that the filename and
1384filehandle initially point to the same file and that the number of
1385links to the file is 1 (all fields returned by stat() are compared).
1386Then the filename is unlinked and the filehandle checked once again to
1387verify that the number of links on that file is now 0. This is the
1388closest you can come to making sure that the filename unlinked was the
1389same as the file whose descriptor you hold.
1390
1391 unlink0($fh, $path) or die "Error unlinking file $path safely";
1392
1393Returns false on error. The filehandle is not closed since on some
1394occasions this is not required.
1395
1396On some platforms, for example Windows NT, it is not possible to
1397unlink an open file (the file must be closed first). On those
4b19af01 1398platforms, the actual unlinking is deferred until the program ends and
1399good status is returned. A check is still performed to make sure that
1400the filehandle and filename are pointing to the same thing (but not at
1401the time the end block is executed since the deferred removal may not
1402have access to the filehandle).
ee8c7f54 1403
1404Additionally, on Windows NT not all the fields returned by stat() can
1405be compared. For example, the C<dev> and C<rdev> fields seem to be different
1406and also. Also, it seems that the size of the file returned by stat()
1407does not always agree, with C<stat(FH)> being more accurate than
1408C<stat(filename)>, presumably because of caching issues even when
1409using autoflush (this is usually overcome by waiting a while after
1410writing to the tempfile before attempting to C<unlink0> it).
1411
4b19af01 1412Finally, on NFS file systems the link count of the file handle does
1413not always go to zero immediately after unlinking. Currently, this
1414command is expected to fail on NFS disks.
1415
ee8c7f54 1416=cut
1417
1418sub unlink0 {
1419
1420 croak 'Usage: unlink0(filehandle, filename)'
1421 unless scalar(@_) == 2;
1422
1423 # Read args
1424 my ($fh, $path) = @_;
1425
1426 warn "Unlinking $path using unlink0\n"
1427 if $DEBUG;
1428
1429 # Stat the filehandle
1430 my @fh = stat $fh;
1431
1432 if ($fh[3] > 1 && $^W) {
1433 carp "unlink0: fstat found too many links; SB=@fh";
4b19af01 1434 }
ee8c7f54 1435
1436 # Stat the path
1437 my @path = stat $path;
1438
1439 unless (@path) {
1440 carp "unlink0: $path is gone already" if $^W;
1441 return;
4b19af01 1442 }
ee8c7f54 1443
1444 # this is no longer a file, but may be a directory, or worse
1445 unless (-f _) {
1446 confess "panic: $path is no longer a file: SB=@fh";
4b19af01 1447 }
ee8c7f54 1448
1449 # Do comparison of each member of the array
1450 # On WinNT dev and rdev seem to be different
1451 # depending on whether it is a file or a handle.
1452 # Cannot simply compare all members of the stat return
1453 # Select the ones we can use
1454 my @okstat = (0..$#fh); # Use all by default
1455 if ($^O eq 'MSWin32') {
1456 @okstat = (1,2,3,4,5,7,8,9,10);
4b19af01 1457 } elsif ($^O eq 'os2') {
1458 @okstat = (0, 2..$#fh);
ee8c7f54 1459 }
1460
1461 # Now compare each entry explicitly by number
1462 for (@okstat) {
1463 print "Comparing: $_ : $fh[$_] and $path[$_]\n" if $DEBUG;
4b19af01 1464 # Use eq rather than == since rdev, blksize, and blocks (6, 11,
1465 # and 12) will be '' on platforms that do not support them. This
1466 # is fine since we are only comparing integers.
1467 unless ($fh[$_] eq $path[$_]) {
ee8c7f54 1468 warn "Did not match $_ element of stat\n" if $DEBUG;
1469 return 0;
1470 }
1471 }
4b19af01 1472
ee8c7f54 1473 # attempt remove the file (does not work on some platforms)
1474 if (_can_unlink_opened_file()) {
1475 # XXX: do *not* call this on a directory; possible race
1476 # resulting in recursive removal
1477 croak "unlink0: $path has become a directory!" if -d $path;
1478 unlink($path) or return 0;
1479
1480 # Stat the filehandle
1481 @fh = stat $fh;
1482
1483 print "Link count = $fh[3] \n" if $DEBUG;
1484
1485 # Make sure that the link count is zero
1486 return ( $fh[3] == 0 ? 1 : 0);
1487
1488 } else {
1489 _deferred_unlink($fh, $path, 0);
1490 return 1;
1491 }
1492
1493}
1494
1495=back
1496
1497=head1 PACKAGE VARIABLES
1498
1499These functions control the global state of the package.
1500
1501=over 4
1502
1503=item B<safe_level>
1504
1505Controls the lengths to which the module will go to check the safety of the
1506temporary file or directory before proceeding.
1507Options are:
1508
1509=over 8
1510
1511=item STANDARD
1512
1513Do the basic security measures to ensure the directory exists and
1514is writable, that the umask() is fixed before opening of the file,
1515that temporary files are opened only if they do not already exist, and
1516that possible race conditions are avoided. Finally the L<unlink0|"unlink0">
1517function is used to remove files safely.
1518
1519=item MEDIUM
1520
1521In addition to the STANDARD security, the output directory is checked
1522to make sure that it is owned either by root or the user running the
1523program. If the directory is writable by group or by other, it is then
1524checked to make sure that the sticky bit is set.
1525
1526Will not work on platforms that do not support the C<-k> test
1527for sticky bit.
1528
1529=item HIGH
1530
1531In addition to the MEDIUM security checks, also check for the
1532possibility of ``chown() giveaway'' using the L<POSIX|POSIX>
1533sysconf() function. If this is a possibility, each directory in the
1534path is checked in turn for safeness, recursively walking back to the
1535root directory.
1536
1537For platforms that do not support the L<POSIX|POSIX>
1538C<_PC_CHOWN_RESTRICTED> symbol (for example, Windows NT) it is
1539assumed that ``chown() giveaway'' is possible and the recursive test
1540is performed.
1541
1542=back
1543
1544The level can be changed as follows:
1545
1546 File::Temp->safe_level( File::Temp::HIGH );
1547
1548The level constants are not exported by the module.
1549
1550Currently, you must be running at least perl v5.6.0 in order to
1551run with MEDIUM or HIGH security. This is simply because the
1552safety tests use functions from L<Fcntl|Fcntl> that are not
1553available in older versions of perl. The problem is that the version
1554number for Fcntl is the same in perl 5.6.0 and in 5.005_03 even though
4b19af01 1555they are different versions.
1556
1557On systems that do not support the HIGH or MEDIUM safety levels
1558(for example Win NT or OS/2) any attempt to change the level will
1559be ignored. The decision to ignore rather than raise an exception
1560allows portable programs to be written with high security in mind
1561for the systems that can support this without those programs failing
1562on systems where the extra tests are irrelevant.
1563
1564If you really need to see whether the change has been accepted
1565simply examine the return value of C<safe_level>.
1566
1567 $newlevel = File::Temp->safe_level( File::Temp::HIGH );
1568 die "Could not change to high security"
1569 if $newlevel != File::Temp::HIGH;
ee8c7f54 1570
1571=cut
1572
1573{
1574 # protect from using the variable itself
1575 my $LEVEL = STANDARD;
1576 sub safe_level {
1577 my $self = shift;
1578 if (@_) {
1579 my $level = shift;
1580 if (($level != STANDARD) && ($level != MEDIUM) && ($level != HIGH)) {
1581 carp "safe_level: Specified level ($level) not STANDARD, MEDIUM or HIGH - ignoring\n";
1582 } else {
4b19af01 1583 # Dont allow this on perl 5.005 or earlier
ee8c7f54 1584 if ($] < 5.006 && $level != STANDARD) {
1585 # Cant do MEDIUM or HIGH checks
1586 croak "Currently requires perl 5.006 or newer to do the safe checks";
1587 }
4b19af01 1588 # Check that we are allowed to change level
1589 # Silently ignore if we can not.
1590 $LEVEL = $level if _can_do_level($level);
ee8c7f54 1591 }
1592 }
1593 return $LEVEL;
1594 }
1595}
1596
1597=item TopSystemUID
1598
1599This is the highest UID on the current system that refers to a root
1600UID. This is used to make sure that the temporary directory is
1601owned by a system UID (C<root>, C<bin>, C<sys> etc) rather than
1602simply by root.
1603
1604This is required since on many unix systems C</tmp> is not owned
1605by root.
1606
1607Default is to assume that any UID less than or equal to 10 is a root
1608UID.
1609
1610 File::Temp->top_system_uid(10);
1611 my $topid = File::Temp->top_system_uid;
1612
1613This value can be adjusted to reduce security checking if required.
1614The value is only relevant when C<safe_level> is set to MEDIUM or higher.
1615
1616=back
1617
1618=cut
1619
1620{
1621 my $TopSystemUID = 10;
1622 sub top_system_uid {
1623 my $self = shift;
1624 if (@_) {
1625 my $newuid = shift;
1626 croak "top_system_uid: UIDs should be numeric"
1627 unless $newuid =~ /^\d+$/s;
1628 $TopSystemUID = $newuid;
1629 }
1630 return $TopSystemUID;
1631 }
1632}
1633
1634=head1 WARNING
1635
1636For maximum security, endeavour always to avoid ever looking at,
1637touching, or even imputing the existence of the filename. You do not
1638know that that filename is connected to the same file as the handle
1639you have, and attempts to check this can only trigger more race
1640conditions. It's far more secure to use the filehandle alone and
1641dispense with the filename altogether.
1642
1643If you need to pass the handle to something that expects a filename
1644then, on a unix system, use C<"/dev/fd/" . fileno($fh)> for arbitrary
1645programs, or more generally C<< "+<=&" . fileno($fh) >> for Perl
1646programs. You will have to clear the close-on-exec bit on that file
1647descriptor before passing it to another process.
1648
1649 use Fcntl qw/F_SETFD F_GETFD/;
1650 fcntl($tmpfh, F_SETFD, 0)
1651 or die "Can't clear close-on-exec flag on temp fh: $!\n";
1652
1653=head1 HISTORY
1654
1655Originally began life in May 1999 as an XS interface to the system
1656mkstemp() function. In March 2000, the mkstemp() code was
1657translated to Perl for total control of the code's
1658security checking, to ensure the presence of the function regardless of
1659operating system and to help with portability.
1660
1661=head1 SEE ALSO
1662
1663L<POSIX/tmpnam>, L<POSIX/tmpfile>, L<File::Spec>, L<File::Path>
1664
1665See L<File::MkTemp> for a different implementation of temporary
1666file handling.
1667
1668=head1 AUTHOR
1669
1670Tim Jenness E<lt>t.jenness@jach.hawaii.eduE<gt>
1671
1672Copyright (C) 1999, 2000 Tim Jenness and the UK Particle Physics and
1673Astronomy Research Council. All Rights Reserved. This program is free
1674software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same
1675terms as Perl itself.
1676
1677Original Perl implementation loosely based on the OpenBSD C code for
1678mkstemp(). Thanks to Tom Christiansen for suggesting that this module
1679should be written and providing ideas for code improvements and
1680security enhancements.
1681
1682=cut
1683
1684
16851;