sysdeps/posix/mktemp.c

   1 /* Copyright (C) 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
   2    This file is part of the GNU C Library.
   3
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  17    Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.  */
  18
  19 #include <stdlib.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 mktemp (template)
  32      char *template;
  33 {
  34   static const char letters[]
  35     = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789";
  36   size_t len;
  37   size_t i;
  38
  39   len = strlen (template);
  40   if (len < 6 || strcmp (&template[len - 6], "XXXXXX"))
  41     {
  42       __set_errno (EINVAL);
  43       return NULL;
  44     }
  45
  46   if (sprintf (&template[len - 5], "%.5u",
  47                (unsigned int) getpid () % 100000) != 5)
  48     /* Inconceivable lossage.  */
  49     return NULL;
  50
  51   for (i = 0; i < sizeof (letters); ++i)
  52     {
  53       struct stat ignored;
  54
  55       template[len - 6] = letters[i];
  56
  57       if (stat (template, &ignored) < 0 && errno == ENOENT)
  58         /* The file does not exist.  So return this name.  */
  59         return template;
  60     }
  61
  62   /* We return the null string if we can't find a unique file name.  */
  63   template[0] = '\0';
  64   return template;
  65 }