sysdeps/posix/mktemp.c

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  18
  19 #include <errno.h>
  20 #include <stdint.h>
  21 #include <stdio.h>
  22 #include <stdlib.h>
  23 #include <string.h>
  24 #include <unistd.h>
  25 #include <sys/stat.h>
  26 #include <sys/time.h>
  27 #include <sys/types.h>
  28
  29 /* Generate a unique temporary file name from TEMPLATE.
  30    The last six characters of TEMPLATE must be "XXXXXX";
  31    they are replaced with a string that makes the filename unique.  */
  32 char *
  33 mktemp (template)
  34      char *template;
  35 {
  36   static const char letters[]
  37     = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789";
  38   static uint64_t value;
  39   struct timeval tv;
  40   char *XXXXXX;
  41   size_t len;
  42   int count;
  43
  44   len = strlen (template);
  45   if (len < 6 || strcmp (&template[len - 6], "XXXXXX"))
  46     {
  47       __set_errno (EINVAL);
  48       return NULL;
  49     }
  50
  51   /* This is where the Xs start.  */
  52   XXXXXX = &template[len - 6];
  53
  54   /* Get some more or less random data.  */
  55   __gettimeofday (&tv, NULL);
  56   value += ((uint64_t) tv.tv_usec << 16) ^ tv.tv_sec ^ __getpid ();
  57
  58   for (count = 0; count < TMP_MAX; ++count)
  59     {
  60       struct stat ignored;
  61       uint64_t v = value;
  62
  63       /* Fill in the random bits.  */
  64       XXXXXX[0] = letters[v % 62];
  65       v /= 62;
  66       XXXXXX[1] = letters[v % 62];
  67       v /= 62;
  68       XXXXXX[2] = letters[v % 62];
  69       v /= 62;
  70       XXXXXX[3] = letters[v % 62];
  71       v /= 62;
  72       XXXXXX[4] = letters[v % 62];
  73       v /= 62;
  74       XXXXXX[5] = letters[v % 62];
  75
  76       if (stat (template, &ignored) < 0 && errno == ENOENT)
  77         /* The file does not exist.  So return this name.  */
  78         return template;
  79
  80       /* This is a random value.  It is only necessary that the next
  81          TMP_MAX values generated by adding 7777 to VALUE are different
  82          with (module 2^32).  */
  83       value += 7777;
  84     }
  85
  86   /* We return the null string if we can't find a unique file name.  */
  87   template[0] = '\0';
  88   return template;
  89 }