stdio-common/tempnam.c

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  18
  19 #include <stdio.h>
  20 #include <string.h>
  21
  22 /* Generate a unique temporary filename using up to five characters of PFX
  23    if it is not NULL.  The directory to put this file in is searched for
  24    as follows: First the environment variable "TMPDIR" is checked.
  25    If it contains the name of a writable directory, that directory is used.
  26    If not and if DIR is not NULL, that value is checked.  If that fails,
  27    P_tmpdir is tried and finally "/tmp".  The storage for the filename
  28    is allocated by `malloc'.  */
  29 char *
  30 tempnam (const char *dir, const char *pfx)
  31 {
  32   char buf[FILENAME_MAX];
  33
  34   if (__path_search (buf, FILENAME_MAX, dir, pfx, 1))
  35     return NULL;
  36
  37   if (__gen_tempname (buf, __GT_NOCREATE))
  38     return NULL;
  39
  40   return __strdup (buf);
  41 }
  42
  43 link_warning (tempnam,
  44               "the use of `tempnam' is dangerous, better use `mkstemp'")