uclibc-ng/libc/stdio/tempnam.c

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   This file is part of the GNU C Library.

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


/* Generate a unique temporary filename using up to five characters of PFX
   if it is not NULL.  The directory to put this file in is searched for
   as follows: First the environment variable "TMPDIR" is checked.
   If it contains the name of a writable directory, that directory is used.
   If not and if DIR is not NULL, that value is checked.  If that fails,
   P_tmpdir is tried and finally "/tmp".  The storage for the filename
   is allocated by `malloc'.  */
char *
tempnam (const char *dir, const char *pfx)
{
  char buf[FILENAME_MAX];

  if (__path_search (buf, FILENAME_MAX, dir, pfx, 1))
    return NULL;

  if (__gen_tempname (buf, __GT_NOCREATE, 0, 0))
    return NULL;

  return strdup (buf);
}

link_warning (tempnam, "the use of OBSOLESCENT `tempnam' is discouraged, use `mkstemp'")