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A collection of common utility functions for various situations.

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altworx_utils src aw_file_utils.erl
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src/aw_file_utils.erl 

-module(aw_file_utils).



-export([make_temp/2, make_fifo/1]).



%%--------------------------------------------------------------------

%% @doc Create temp file or directory

%% @end

%%--------------------------------------------------------------------

-spec make_temp(file | dir, Prefix :: iolist()) -> string().

make_temp(file, Prefix) ->

    lib:nonl(os:cmd( binary_to_list(iolist_to_binary(["mktemp -t ", Prefix]) )));

make_temp(dir, Prefix) ->

    lib:nonl(os:cmd( binary_to_list(iolist_to_binary(["mktemp -t ", Prefix, " -d"] )))).



%%--------------------------------------------------------------------

%% @doc Create fifo file

%% @end

%%--------------------------------------------------------------------

-spec make_fifo(iolist()) -> string().

make_fifo(Prefix) ->

    Dir = make_temp(dir, Prefix),

    Path = filename:join(Dir, iolist_to_binary([Prefix, ".fifo"])),

    os:cmd( "mkfifo " ++ Path ),

    Path.