Temporary file in storage

swiftie said:

Yesterday, while investigating RAMdisks, and files in storage for temporary files I came across a couple of options on the file open call that could be used. One was "DeleteOnClose".

I can't recall the other option, but the explanation stated "the effect of this is that the file is kept only in RAM". I seem to recall that it had something to do with temporary files.

Can anyone help me locate this other option?

I've looked at every page in my browser history, but for some reason I haven't found the page...

Since I am somewhat familiar with the CreateFile API function, I read your inquiry with interest. Although I may have missed it (as frequently I do), I didn't see a "delete on close" flag, although such a flag sounds familiar to me, too. Nevertheless, i found another flag that may come closer to meeting your requirements, and it is one of which I long ago made a mental note to investigate further. According to the official CreateFile documentation at https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...(v=vs.85).aspx, I read the following paragraph.

Specifying the FILE_ATTRIBUTE_TEMPORARY attribute causes file systems to avoid writing data back to mass storage if sufficient cache memory is available, because an application deletes a temporary file after a handle is closed. In that case, the system can entirely avoid writing the data. Although it does not directly control data caching in the same way as the previously mentioned flags, the FILE_ATTRIBUTE_TEMPORARY attribute does tell the system to hold as much as possible in the system cache without writing and therefore may be of concern for certain applications.

I suspect this this flag comes closer to meeting your requirements.

swiftie said:

file_attribute_temporary is exactly what I was trying to recall. Thank you!

You've given me the facts that I needed to construct a strong "request for enhancement".

Here's to an enthusiastically accepted request.

BTW, what is your favorite programming language?

Callender said:

Sounds like the option to move Windows Temp Folder onto the disk. If you're going to mess about with RAMdisks I suggest having a system image backup and restore option in place before going ahead.

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