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base/file_util.h

 // Copyright (c) 2006-2008 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 // found in the LICENSE file.
 
 // This file contains utility functions for dealing with the local
 // filesystem.
 
 #ifndef BASE_FILE_UTIL_H_
 #define BASE_FILE_UTIL_H_
 
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 // Return true if the given directory is empty
 bool IsDirectoryEmpty(const std::wstring& dir_path);
 
 #endif
 
 // Get the temporary directory provided by the system.
 bool GetTempDir(FilePath* path);
 // Deprecated temporary compatibility function.
 bool GetTempDir(std::wstring* path);
+// Get a temporary directory for shared memory files.
+// Only useful on POSIX; redirects to GetTempDir() on Windows.
+bool GetShmemTempDir(FilePath* path);
 
 // Creates a temporary file. The full path is placed in |path|, and the
 // function returns true if was successful in creating the file. The file will
 // be empty and all handles closed after this function returns.
 // TODO(erikkay): rename this function and track down all of the callers.
+// (Clarification of erik's comment: the intent is to rename the BlahFileName()
+//  calls into BlahFile(), since they create temp files (not temp filenames).)
 bool CreateTemporaryFileName(FilePath* path);
 // Deprecated temporary compatibility function.
 bool CreateTemporaryFileName(std::wstring* temp_file);
 
+// Create and open a temporary file.  File is opened for read/write.
+// The full path is placed in |path|, and the function returns true if
+// was successful in creating and opening the file.
+FILE* CreateAndOpenTemporaryFile(FilePath* path);
+// Like above but for shmem files.  Only useful for POSIX.
+FILE* CreateAndOpenTemporaryShmemFile(FilePath* path);
+
 // Same as CreateTemporaryFileName but the file is created in |dir|.
 bool CreateTemporaryFileNameInDir(const std::wstring& dir,
                                   std::wstring* temp_file);
 
 // Create a new directory under TempPath. If prefix is provided, the new
 // directory name is in the format of prefixyyyy.
 // NOTE: prefix is ignored in the POSIX implementation.
 // TODO(erikkay): is this OK?
 // If success, return true and output the full path of the directory created.
 bool CreateNewTempDirectory(const FilePath::StringType& prefix,
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 // Renames a file using the SHFileOperation API to ensure that the target file
 // gets the correct default security descriptor in the new path.
 bool RenameFileAndResetSecurityDescriptor(
     const FilePath& source_file_path,
     const FilePath& target_file_path);
 
 }  // namespace file_util
 
 #endif  // BASE_FILE_UTIL_H_