stdio-common/tempnam.c

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  18
  19 #include <errno.h>
  20 #include <stddef.h>
  21 #include <stdio.h>
  22 #include <stdlib.h>
  23 #include <string.h>
  24
  25
  26 /* Generate a unique temporary filename using up to five characters of PFX
  27    if it is not NULL.  The directory to put this file in is searched for
  28    as follows: First the environment variable "TMPDIR" is checked.
  29    If it contains the name of a writable directory, that directory is used.
  30    If not and if DIR is not NULL, that value is checked.  If that fails,
  31    P_tmpdir is tried and finally "/tmp".  The storage for the filename
  32    is allocated by `malloc'.  */
  33 char *
  34 tempnam (const char *dir, const char *pfx)
  35 {
  36   char buf[FILENAME_MAX];
  37   size_t len;
  38   char *s;
  39   char *t = __stdio_gen_tempname (buf, sizeof (buf), dir, pfx, 1,
  40                                   &len, (FILE **) NULL, 0);
  41
  42   if (t == NULL)
  43     return NULL;
  44
  45   s = (char *) malloc (len);
  46   if (s == NULL)
  47     return NULL;
  48
  49   return (char *) memcpy (s, t, len);
  50 }