Ben Reser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, Feb 04, 2003 at 05:20:21PM +0100, Daouda LO wrote: > > Yes the only constraints to use mkstemp is that the last 6 characters > > of the target file should end with XXXXXX (to ensure the temporary > > file will be unique). I double checked this. Besides this, the patch > > was stolen from Redhat :p > > That and the mktemp function returns the file name. While the mkstemp > returns the file descriptor. Making switching any program using it to > be a non-trivial situation. Because without changing the program you > will run into a double open situation. > > > But I would presume RedHat knows this.
definately.
