Introduces xmkstemp()

This is a wrapper for mkstemp() that performs error checking and
calls die() when an error occur.

Signed-off-by: Luiz Fernando N. Capitulino <lcapitulino@mandriva.com.br>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/git-compat-util.h b/git-compat-util.h
index 362e040f5..ca0a597a2 100644
--- a/git-compat-util.h
+++ b/git-compat-util.h
@@ -303,6 +303,16 @@ static inline FILE *xfdopen(int fd, const char *mode)
 	return stream;
 }
 
+static inline int xmkstemp(char *template)
+{
+	int fd;
+
+	fd = mkstemp(template);
+	if (fd < 0)
+		die("Unable to create temporary file: %s", strerror(errno));
+	return fd;
+}
+
 static inline size_t xsize_t(off_t len)
 {
 	return (size_t)len;