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SQLITE3_TEMP_DIRECTORY(3)  Library Functions Manual  SQLITE3_TEMP_DIRECTORY(3)

NAME
     sqlite3_temp_directory - name of the folder holding temporary files

SYNOPSIS
     #include <sqlite3.h>

     char *sqlite3_temp_directory;

DESCRIPTION
     If this global variable is made to point to a string which is the name of
     a folder (a.k.a.  directory), then all temporary files created by SQLite
     when using a built-in VFS will be placed in that directory.  If this
     variable is a NULL pointer, then SQLite performs a search for an
     appropriate temporary file directory.

     Applications are strongly discouraged from using this global variable.
     It is required to set a temporary folder on Windows Runtime (WinRT).  But
     for all other platforms, it is highly recommended that applications
     neither read nor write this variable.  This global variable is a relic
     that exists for backwards compatibility of legacy applications and should
     be avoided in new projects.

     It is not safe to read or modify this variable in more than one thread at
     a time.  It is not safe to read or modify this variable if a database
     connection is being used at the same time in a separate thread.  It is
     intended that this variable be set once as part of process initialization
     and before any SQLite interface routines have been called and that this
     variable remain unchanged thereafter.

     The temp_store_directory pragma may modify this variable and cause it to
     point to memory obtained from sqlite3_malloc.  Furthermore, the
     temp_store_directory pragma always assumes that any string that this
     variable points to is held in memory obtained from sqlite3_malloc and the
     pragma may attempt to free that memory using sqlite3_free.  Hence, if
     this variable is modified directly, either it should be made NULL or made
     to point to memory obtained from sqlite3_malloc or else the use of the
     temp_store_directory pragma should be avoided.  Except when requested by
     the temp_store_directory pragma, SQLite does not free the memory that
     sqlite3_temp_directory points to.  If the application wants that memory
     to be freed, it must do so itself, taking care to only do so after all
     database connection objects have been destroyed.

     Note to Windows Runtime users:  The temporary directory must be set prior
     to calling sqlite3_open or sqlite3_open_v2.  Otherwise, various features
     that require the use of temporary files may fail.  Here is an example of
     how to do this using C++ with the Windows Runtime:


     LPCWSTR zPath = Windows::Storage::ApplicationData::Current->
     TemporaryFolder->Path->Data(); char zPathBuf[MAX_PATH + 1&#93;; memset(zPathBuf,
     0, sizeof(zPathBuf)); WideCharToMultiByte(CP_UTF8, 0, zPath, -1, zPathBuf,
     sizeof(zPathBuf),       NULL, NULL); sqlite3_temp_directory = sqlite3_mprintf("%s",
     zPathBuf);


IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
     These declarations were extracted from the interface documentation at
     line 6320.

     SQLITE_API SQLITE_EXTERN char *sqlite3_temp_directory;

SEE ALSO
     sqlite3(3), sqlite3_malloc(3), sqlite3_open(3), sqlite3_vfs(3)

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