Ben Pfaff wrote: > Rogier Wolff <R.E.Wolffat_private> writes: > > Creating a tempfile from a C program is possible since we have a [...] > SYNOPSIS > mktemp [-q] [-u] template > > DESCRIPTION [...] > If mktemp can successfully generate a unique file name, the file is cre- > ated with mode 0600 (unless the -u flag is given) and the filename is > printed to standard output. Last I looked at the "mktemp" manpage it didn't create the file, and was thus vulnerable to races. This is an incompatible change that others didn't dare make. The world is becoming a better place ;-) Roger. -- ** R.E.Wolffat_private ** http://www.BitWizard.nl/ ** +31-15-2137555 ** *-- BitWizard writes Linux device drivers for any device you may have! --* ------ Microsoft SELLS you Windows, Linux GIVES you the whole house ------
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