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/*
 * This file is part of FFmpeg.
 *
 * FFmpeg is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * FFmpeg is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License along with FFmpeg; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
 */

#ifndef AVUTIL_FILE_H
#define AVUTIL_FILE_H

#include <stdint.h>

#include "avutil.h"

/**
 * @file
 * Misc file utilities.
 */

/**
 * Read the file with name filename, and put its content in a newly
 * allocated buffer or map it with mmap() when available.
 * In case of success set *bufptr to the read or mmapped buffer, and
 * *size to the size in bytes of the buffer in *bufptr.
 * Unlike mmap this function succeeds with zero sized files, in this
 * case *bufptr will be set to NULL and *size will be set to 0.
 * The returned buffer must be released with av_file_unmap().
 *
 * @param log_offset loglevel offset used for logging
 * @param log_ctx context used for logging
 * @return a non negative number in case of success, a negative value
 * corresponding to an AVERROR error code in case of failure
 */
av_warn_unused_result
int av_file_map(const char *filename, uint8_t **bufptr, size_t *size,
                int log_offset, void *log_ctx);

/**
 * Unmap or free the buffer bufptr created by av_file_map().
 *
 * @param size size in bytes of bufptr, must be the same as returned
 * by av_file_map()
 */
void av_file_unmap(uint8_t *bufptr, size_t size);

/**
 * Wrapper to work around the lack of mkstemp() on mingw.
 * Also, tries to create file in /tmp first, if possible.
 * *prefix can be a character constant; *filename will be allocated internally.
 * @return file descriptor of opened file (or negative value corresponding to an
 * AVERROR code on error)
 * and opened file name in **filename.
 * @note On very old libcs it is necessary to set a secure umask before
 *       calling this, av_tempfile() can't call umask itself as it is used in
 *       libraries and could interfere with the calling application.
 * @deprecated as fd numbers cannot be passed saftely between libs on some platforms
 */
int av_tempfile(const char *prefix, char **filename, int log_offset, void *log_ctx);

#endif /* AVUTIL_FILE_H */