sysdeps/posix/mktemp.c

   1 /* Copyright (C) 1991, 1992, 1993 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
   2 This file is part of the GNU C Library.
   3
   4 The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
   5 modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
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   8
   9 The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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  11 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
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  13
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  15 License along with the GNU C Library; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If
  16 not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave,
  17 Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.  */
  18
  19 #include <ansidecl.h>
  20 #include <string.h>
  21 #include <errno.h>
  22 #include <unistd.h>
  23 #include <stdio.h>
  24 #include <sys/types.h>
  25 #include <sys/stat.h>
  26
  27 /* Generate a unique temporary file name from TEMPLATE.
  28    The last six characters of TEMPLATE must be "XXXXXX";
  29    they are replaced with a string that makes the filename unique.  */
  30 char *
  31 DEFUN(mktemp, (template), char *template)
  32 {
  33   static CONST char letters[]
  34     = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789";
  35   size_t len;
  36   size_t i;
  37
  38   len = strlen (template);
  39   if (len < 6 || strcmp (&template[len - 6], "XXXXXX"))
  40     {
  41       errno = EINVAL;
  42       return NULL;
  43     }
  44
  45   if (sprintf (&template[len - 5], "%.5u",
  46                (unsigned int) getpid () % 100000) != 5)
  47     /* Inconceivable lossage.  */
  48     return NULL;
  49
  50   for (i = 0; i < sizeof (letters); ++i)
  51     {
  52       struct stat ignored;
  53
  54       template[len - 6] = letters[i];
  55
  56       if (stat (template, &ignored) < 0 && errno == ENOENT)
  57         /* The file does not exist.  So return this name.  */
  58         return template;
  59     }
  60
  61   /* We return the null string if we can't find a unique file name.  */
  62   template[0] = '\0';
  63   return template;
  64 }