Re: mkstemp

[David Given <dg@...>]

Christian Vogler wrote:
[...]
> handle = mkstemp(filename)

    **** race condition here! If the process' umask isn't set correctly,
         another process might open the file. ****

> chmod(handle) such that file is only readable and writable by owner
> unlink(filename)
> ... use file ..
> close(handle)

tmpfile() is a better option; it's defined to do this stuff *for* you, so
you don't have to, and risk getting it wrong.

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