22 May
2003
22 May
'03
8:08 a.m.
"Simon Marlow"
Is there no other way? I cannot be the first person ever to need a temporary file, can I? Surely there must be some portable way, too?
Even using a ProcessID doesn't guarnatee uniqueness, it just gives you a good chance that your file won't conflict - you still have to cope with
How about wrapping mkstemp (3)? And perhaps add the wrapper somewhere in System? Sounds like useful functionality to me. -kzm -- If I haven't seen further, it is by standing in the footprints of giants