/**
* Creates a file on the local FS. Pass size as {@link LocalDirAllocator.SIZE_UNKNOWN} if not
* known apriori. We round-robin over the set of disks (via the configured dirs) and return a
* file on the first path which has enough space. The file is guaranteed to go away when the JVM
* exits.
*/
public File createTmpFileForWrite(String pathStr, long size, Configuration conf)
throws IOException {
// find an appropriate directory
Path path = getLocalPathForWrite(pathStr, size, conf, true);
File dir = new File(path.getParent().toUri().getPath());
String prefix = path.getName();
// create a temp file on this directory
File result = File.createTempFile(prefix, null, dir);
result.deleteOnExit();
return result;
}
