glibc/misc/mktemp.c

/* Copyright (C) 1998, 1999, 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
   This file is part of the GNU C Library.

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#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.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 (template)
     char *template;
{
  if (__gen_tempname (template, __GT_NOCREATE) < 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'")