add keep() function to builder that suppresses delete-on-drop behavior

src/dir/imp/unix.rs

@@ -3,7 +3,11 @@ use crate::TempDir;
 use std::io;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 
-pub fn create(path: PathBuf, permissions: Option<&std::fs::Permissions>) -> io::Result<TempDir> {
+pub fn create(
+    path: PathBuf,
+    permissions: Option<&std::fs::Permissions>,
+    keep: bool,
+) -> io::Result<TempDir> {
     let mut dir_options = std::fs::DirBuilder::new();
     #[cfg(not(target_os = "wasi"))]
     {
@@ -17,5 +21,6 @@ pub fn create(path: PathBuf, permissions: Option<&std::fs::Permissions>) -> io::
         .with_err_path(|| &path)
         .map(|_| TempDir {
             path: path.into_boxed_path(),
+            keep,
         })
 }

src/dir/mod.rs

@@ -177,6 +177,7 @@ pub fn tempdir_in<P: AsRef<Path>>(dir: P) -> io::Result<TempDir> {
 /// [`std::process::exit()`]: http://doc.rust-lang.org/std/process/fn.exit.html
 pub struct TempDir {
     path: Box<Path>,
+    keep: bool,
 }
 
 impl TempDir {
@@ -425,15 +426,18 @@ impl fmt::Debug for TempDir {
 
 impl Drop for TempDir {
     fn drop(&mut self) {
-        let _ = remove_dir_all(self.path());
+        if !self.keep {
+            let _ = remove_dir_all(self.path());
+        }
     }
 }
 
 pub(crate) fn create(
     path: PathBuf,
     permissions: Option<&std::fs::Permissions>,
+    keep: bool,
 ) -> io::Result<TempDir> {
-    imp::create(path, permissions)
+    imp::create(path, permissions, keep)
 }
 
 mod imp;

src/file/imp/unix.rs

@@ -82,8 +82,7 @@ fn create_unix(dir: &Path) -> io::Result<File> {
         OsStr::new(".tmp"),
         OsStr::new(""),
         crate::NUM_RAND_CHARS,
-        None,
-        |path, _| create_unlinked(&path),
+        |path| create_unlinked(&path),
     )
 }
 

src/file/mod.rs

@@ -124,9 +124,10 @@ impl error::Error for PathPersistError {
 /// This is useful when the temporary file needs to be used by a child process,
 /// for example.
 ///
-/// When dropped, the temporary file is deleted.
+/// When dropped, if `keep == false` then the temporary file is deleted.
 pub struct TempPath {
     path: Box<Path>,
+    keep: bool,
 }
 
 impl TempPath {
@@ -273,7 +274,6 @@ impl TempPath {
     /// Keep the temporary file from being deleted. This function will turn the
     /// temporary file into a non-temporary file without moving it.
     ///
-    ///
     /// # Errors
     ///
     /// On some platforms (e.g., Windows), we need to mark the file as
@@ -320,6 +320,14 @@ impl TempPath {
     pub fn from_path(path: impl Into<PathBuf>) -> Self {
         Self {
             path: path.into().into_boxed_path(),
+            keep: false,
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub(crate) fn new(path: PathBuf, keep: bool) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            path: path.into_boxed_path(),
+            keep,
         }
     }
 }
@@ -332,7 +340,9 @@ impl fmt::Debug for TempPath {
 
 impl Drop for TempPath {
     fn drop(&mut self) {
-        let _ = fs::remove_file(&self.path);
+        if !self.keep {
+            let _ = fs::remove_file(&self.path);
+        }
     }
 }
 
@@ -1008,6 +1018,7 @@ pub(crate) fn create_named(
     mut path: PathBuf,
     open_options: &mut OpenOptions,
     permissions: Option<&std::fs::Permissions>,
+    keep: bool,
 ) -> io::Result<NamedTempFile> {
     // Make the path absolute. Otherwise, changing directories could cause us to
     // delete the wrong file.
@@ -1019,6 +1030,7 @@ pub(crate) fn create_named(
         .map(|file| NamedTempFile {
             path: TempPath {
                 path: path.into_boxed_path(),
+                keep,
             },
             file,
         })

src/lib.rs

@@ -171,6 +171,7 @@ pub struct Builder<'a, 'b> {
     suffix: &'b OsStr,
     append: bool,
     permissions: Option<std::fs::Permissions>,
+    keep: bool,
 }
 
 impl<'a, 'b> Default for Builder<'a, 'b> {
@@ -181,6 +182,7 @@ impl<'a, 'b> Default for Builder<'a, 'b> {
             suffix: OsStr::new(""),
             append: false,
             permissions: None,
+            keep: false,
         }
     }
 }
@@ -403,6 +405,27 @@ impl<'a, 'b> Builder<'a, 'b> {
         self
     }
 
+    /// Set the file/folder to be kept even when the [`NamedTempFile`]/[`TempDir`] goes out of
+    /// scope.
+    ///
+    /// By default, the file/folder is automatically cleaned up in the destructor of
+    /// [`NamedTempFile`]/[`TempDir`]. When `keep` is set to `true`, this behavior is supressed.
+    ///
+    /// # Examples
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// use tempfile::Builder;
+    ///
+    /// let named_tempfile = Builder::new()
+    ///     .keep(true)
+    ///     .tempfile()?;
+    /// # Ok::<(), std::io::Error>(())
+    /// ```
+    pub fn keep(&mut self, keep: bool) -> &mut Self {
+        self.keep = keep;
+        self
+    }
+
     /// Create the named temporary file.
     ///
     /// # Security
@@ -463,9 +486,13 @@ impl<'a, 'b> Builder<'a, 'b> {
             self.prefix,
             self.suffix,
             self.random_len,
-            self.permissions.as_ref(),
-            |path, permissions| {
-                file::create_named(path, OpenOptions::new().append(self.append), permissions)
+            |path| {
+                file::create_named(
+                    path,
+                    OpenOptions::new().append(self.append),
+                    self.permissions.as_ref(),
+                    self.keep,
+                )
             },
         )
     }
@@ -528,14 +555,9 @@ impl<'a, 'b> Builder<'a, 'b> {
             dir = &storage;
         }
 
-        util::create_helper(
-            dir,
-            self.prefix,
-            self.suffix,
-            self.random_len,
-            self.permissions.as_ref(),
-            dir::create,
-        )
+        util::create_helper(dir, self.prefix, self.suffix, self.random_len, |path| {
+            dir::create(path, self.permissions.as_ref(), self.keep)
+        })
     }
 
     /// Attempts to create a temporary file (or file-like object) using the
@@ -656,11 +678,10 @@ impl<'a, 'b> Builder<'a, 'b> {
             self.prefix,
             self.suffix,
             self.random_len,
-            None,
-            move |path, _permissions| {
+            move |path| {
                 Ok(NamedTempFile::from_parts(
                     f(&path)?,
-                    TempPath::from_path(path),
+                    TempPath::new(path, self.keep),
                 ))
             },
         )

src/util.rs

@@ -24,8 +24,7 @@ pub fn create_helper<R>(
     prefix: &OsStr,
     suffix: &OsStr,
     random_len: usize,
-    permissions: Option<&std::fs::Permissions>,
-    mut f: impl FnMut(PathBuf, Option<&std::fs::Permissions>) -> io::Result<R>,
+    mut f: impl FnMut(PathBuf) -> io::Result<R>,
 ) -> io::Result<R> {
     let num_retries = if random_len != 0 {
         crate::NUM_RETRIES
@@ -35,7 +34,7 @@ pub fn create_helper<R>(
 
     for _ in 0..num_retries {
         let path = base.join(tmpname(prefix, suffix, random_len));
-        return match f(path, permissions) {
+        return match f(path) {
             Err(ref e) if e.kind() == io::ErrorKind::AlreadyExists && num_retries > 1 => continue,
             // AddrInUse can happen if we're creating a UNIX domain socket and
             // the path already exists.

tests/namedtempfile.rs

@@ -345,6 +345,23 @@ fn test_keep() {
     std::fs::remove_file(&path).unwrap();
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn test_builder_keep() {
+    let mut tmpfile = Builder::new().keep(true).tempfile().unwrap();
+    write!(tmpfile, "abcde").unwrap();
+    let path = tmpfile.path().to_owned();
+    drop(tmpfile);
+
+    {
+        // Try opening it again.
+        let mut f = File::open(&path).unwrap();
+        let mut buf = String::new();
+        f.read_to_string(&mut buf).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!("abcde", buf);
+    }
+    std::fs::remove_file(&path).unwrap();
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn test_make() {
     let tmpfile = Builder::new().make(|path| File::create(path)).unwrap();

tests/tempdir.rs

@@ -163,6 +163,14 @@ fn pass_as_asref_path() {
     }
 }
 
+fn test_keep() {
+    let tmpdir = Builder::new().keep(true).tempdir().unwrap();
+    let path = tmpdir.path().to_owned();
+    drop(tmpdir);
+    assert!(path.exists());
+    fs::remove_dir(path).unwrap();
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn main() {
     in_tmpdir(test_tempdir);
@@ -172,4 +180,5 @@ fn main() {
     in_tmpdir(test_rm_tempdir_close);
     in_tmpdir(dont_double_panic);
     in_tmpdir(pass_as_asref_path);
+    in_tmpdir(test_keep);
 }