From 31bf820a2689974cbc1e15e0813987c5da14a8b8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Niedermayer Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2012 16:09:02 +0100 Subject: av_tempfile: document umask() issue Signed-off-by: Michael Niedermayer --- libavutil/file.h | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/libavutil/file.h b/libavutil/file.h index f637005d87..e05c87cdb5 100644 --- a/libavutil/file.h +++ b/libavutil/file.h @@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ void av_file_unmap(uint8_t *bufptr, size_t size); * *prefix can be a character constant; *filename will be allocated internally. * @return file descriptor of opened file (or -1 on error) * and opened file name in **filename. + * @note On very old libcs it is necceary to set a secure umask before + * calling this, av_tempfile() cant call umask itself as it is used in + * libraries and could interfere with the calling application. */ int av_tempfile(const char *prefix, char **filename, int log_offset, void *log_ctx); -- cgit v1.2.3