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21 #include <stdio_private.h>
27 /** Generate a unique temporary filename using up to five characters of PFX
28 * if it is not NULL. The directory to put this file in is searched for
29 * as follows: First the environment variable "TMPDIR" is checked.
30 * If it contains the name of a writable directory, that directory is used.
31 * If not and if DIR is not NULL, that value is checked. If that fails,
32 * P_tmpdir is tried and finally "/tmp". The storage for the filename
33 * is allocated by `malloc'.
37 tempnam(const char *dir
, const char *prefix
)
39 char buffer
[NAME_MAX
];
41 if (__path_search(buffer
, NAME_MAX
, dir
, prefix
, 1))
44 if (__gen_tempname(buffer
, __GT_NOCREATE
))
47 return strdup(buffer
);
50 //link_warning(tempnam, "the use of `tempnam' is dangerous, better use `mkstemp'")