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+/* Copyright (C) 1991,1993,1996-1999,2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+ The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
+ published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
+ License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+ The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+ Library General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+ License along with the GNU C Library; see the file COPYING.LIB. If not,
+ write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+extern int __path_search (char *tmpl, size_t tmpl_len, const char *dir, const char *pfx,
+ int try_tmpdir);
+extern int __gen_tempname (char *tmpl, int openit);
+
+
+/* Generate a unique temporary filename using up to five characters of PFX
+ if it is not NULL. The directory to put this file in is searched for
+ as follows: First the environment variable "TMPDIR" is checked.
+ If it contains the name of a writable directory, that directory is used.
+ If not and if DIR is not NULL, that value is checked. If that fails,
+ P_tmpdir is tried and finally "/tmp". The storage for the filename
+ is allocated by `malloc'. */
+char *
+tempnam (const char *dir, const char *pfx)
+{
+ char buf[FILENAME_MAX];
+
+ if (__path_search (buf, FILENAME_MAX, dir, pfx, 1))
+ return NULL;
+
+ if (__gen_tempname (buf, 0))
+ return NULL;
+
+ return strdup (buf);
+}
+
+link_warning (tempnam, "`tempnam' is dangerous, use `mkstemp'")