Subject: mkstemp() bug
To: None <current-users@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Trouble Free RecepPFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF <greywolf@starwolf.com>
List: current-users
Date: 07/17/1996 13:54:30
There is a problem with mkstemp().  While it avoids the race condition
(or so it says), it also leaves the temp file around with no way of tracing
it back to unlink it.

I would propose that _gettemp(), if it is called from mkstemp(), unlink()
the file immediately upon a successful open().

If you want to explicitly save the file, open another file explicitly
and copy it before you exit.



				--*greywolf;
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"Your chief has even inscribed his name on the sole of my boot."