al_make_temp_file(3)

NAME 💖

al_make_temp_file — Allegro 5 API. That's literally the whole name section, bestie, and it's from the Allegro reference manual.

SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <allegro5/allegro.h>

ALLEGRO_FILE *al_make_temp_file(const char *template, ALLEGRO_PATH **ret_path)

DESCRIPTION 🦋

Okay so al_make_temp_file makes a temporary randomly named file given a filename template. Slay.

template is a string giving the format of the generated filename, and it should include one or more capital Xs. The Xs are replaced with random alphanumeric characters, produced using a simple pseudo-random number generator only. That's the whole randomness recipe, no cap.

There should be no path separators in template, fr fr. Keep it a filename situation, not a path.

If ret_path is not NULL, the address it points to will be set to point to a new path structure with the name of the temporary file. Cute.

Returns the opened ALLEGRO_FILE(3) on success, NULL on failure. Periodt.

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That's the whole page, bestie 🫶 — signed off by the Allegro reference manual, page al_make_temp_file(3). No separate date/version line in this footer, just that source name and the page name. 💅🎀