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From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
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Subject: Problem with subroutine 'mktemp'
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<<On Mon, 29 Sep 1997 14:01:44 -0400, Malcolm Boff <Malcolm_Boff@compuserve.com> said:

>         rc = mktemp("/tmp/abcXXXXXX");

Programmer error.  Literal strings are constants.  mktemp() modifies
its arguments.

-GAWollman

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