uclibc-ng/libc/stdlib/mktemp.c

/* Copyright (C) 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
   This file is part of the GNU C Library.

   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
   modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
   published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
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   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
   Library General Public License for more details.

   You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
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   write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
   Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.  */

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include "../misc/internals/tempname.h"

/* Generate a unique temporary file name from TEMPLATE.
 * The last six characters of TEMPLATE must be "XXXXXX";
 * they are replaced with a string that makes the filename unique.  */
char *mktemp(char *template)
{
	if (__gen_tempname (template, __GT_NOCREATE, 0) < 0)
		/* We return the null string if we can't find a unique file name.  */
		template[0] = '\0';

	return template;
}

link_warning(mktemp, "the use of `mktemp' is dangerous, better use `mkstemp'")