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#ifndef INCLUDED_RECENTLY_USED_FILE_HXX
#define INCLUDED_RECENTLY_USED_FILE_HXX

#include <stdio.h>
#include <unistd.h>

//##################################
// simple wrapper around the recently_used_file
    
class recently_used_file
{
public:
    //----------------------------
    recently_used_file();

    //----------------------------
    ~recently_used_file();

    //----------------------------
    // set file pointer to the start of file
    void reset() const;
    
    //----------------------------
    void truncate(off_t length = 0);
	
    //----------------------------
    size_t read(
		char* buffer, 
        size_t size) const;
    
    //----------------------------
	void write(const char* buffer, size_t size) const;

	//----------------------------
	bool eof() const;
	
private:    
    FILE* file_;    
};

#endif // INCLUDED_RECENTLY_USED_FILE_HXX