tempnam/mktemp

[Dave Bloom]

In article <458 at baylor.UUCP>, peter at baylor.UUCP (Peter da Silva) writes:
> If tempnam/mktemp does anything more than sprintf(fname, "/tmp/tmp%d%d",
> getpid(), cnt++), what it does escapes me. Perhaps someone out there could
> tell me how 2 processes can have the same pid? I deem to be missing something.

A tempfile from a previous go-around of pid's that was never removed could be
lying around (although it is unlikely). In that case the tempfile name might
not be unique. I'm sure with enough use it DOES happen!
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