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+/* Copyright (C) 1991, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998 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 <unistd.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);
+
+/* This returns a new stream opened on a temporary file (generated
+ by tmpnam). The file is opened with mode "w+b" (binary read/write).
+ If we couldn't generate a unique filename or the file couldn't
+ be opened, NULL is returned. */
+FILE * tmpfile (void)
+{
+ char buf[FILENAME_MAX];
+ int fd;
+ FILE *f;
+
+ if (__path_search (buf, FILENAME_MAX, NULL, "tmpf", 0))
+ return NULL;
+ fd = __gen_tempname (buf, 1);
+ if (fd < 0)
+ return NULL;
+
+ /* Note that this relies on the Unix semantics that
+ a file is not really removed until it is closed. */
+ (void) remove (buf);
+
+ if ((f = fdopen (fd, "w+b")) == NULL)
+ close (fd);
+
+ return f;
+}
+