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From: Chris Johnson <cjohnson@palomine.net>
To: Buliwyf McGraw <buliwyf@libertad.univalle.edu.co>
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Subject: Re: Unsafe Message
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On Thu, Jun 07, 2001 at 08:32:32PM -0500, Buliwyf McGraw wrote:
>  Everytime that i compile something on my server, i get this message:
> 
>  warning: tmpnam() possibly used unsafely; consider using mkstemp()
> 
>  What it means?

tmpnam() was possibly used unsafely

> how i can avoid it?

consider using mkstemp()

Chris

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