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Re: [Sheflug] Unique temporary filename




> >>>>> "Peter" == Peter Duffy <Peter.Duffy [at] supanet.net.uk> writes:
> 
>     Peter> On Wed, 2002-05-15 at 15:44, David Morris wrote:
>     >> The Camel book doesn't mention a mktemp though... isn't that
>     >> part of the C runtime (says he dredging the outermost reaches
>     >> of his feeble mind)?

Google is your friend ... typing "perl mktemp" into groups.google.com 
revealed this thread (via makeashorterlink):

	http://makeashorterlink.com/?Q3F6250E

Which says that a tmpnam() call exists in the POSIX module, which should do 
exactly what people are looking for.

Chris...

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