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1/*
2 * This file is part of FFmpeg.
3 *
4 * FFmpeg is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
5 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
6 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
7 * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
8 *
9 * FFmpeg is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
10 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
11 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
12 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
13 *
14 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
15 * License along with FFmpeg; if not, write to the Free Software
16 * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
17 */
18
19#ifndef AVUTIL_FILE_H
20#define AVUTIL_FILE_H
21
22#include <stdint.h>
23
24#include "avutil.h"
25
26/**
27 * @file
28 * Misc file utilities.
29 */
30
31/**
32 * Read the file with name filename, and put its content in a newly
33 * allocated buffer or map it with mmap() when available.
34 * In case of success set *bufptr to the read or mmapped buffer, and
35 * *size to the size in bytes of the buffer in *bufptr.
36 * The returned buffer must be released with av_file_unmap().
37 *
38 * @param log_offset loglevel offset used for logging
39 * @param log_ctx context used for logging
40 * @return a non negative number in case of success, a negative value
41 * corresponding to an AVERROR error code in case of failure
42 */
43int av_file_map(const char *filename, uint8_t **bufptr, size_t *size,
44 int log_offset, void *log_ctx);
45
46/**
47 * Unmap or free the buffer bufptr created by av_file_map().
48 *
49 * @param size size in bytes of bufptr, must be the same as returned
50 * by av_file_map()
51 */
52void av_file_unmap(uint8_t *bufptr, size_t size);
53
54/**
55 * Wrapper to work around the lack of mkstemp() on mingw.
56 * Also, tries to create file in /tmp first, if possible.
57 * *prefix can be a character constant; *filename will be allocated internally.
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58 * @return file descriptor of opened file (or negative value corresponding to an
59 * AVERROR code on error)
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60 * and opened file name in **filename.
61 * @note On very old libcs it is necessary to set a secure umask before
62 * calling this, av_tempfile() can't call umask itself as it is used in
63 * libraries and could interfere with the calling application.
64 */
65int av_tempfile(const char *prefix, char **filename, int log_offset, void *log_ctx);
66
67#endif /* AVUTIL_FILE_H */