Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2000 09:13:03 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@freebsd.org> Cc: audit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: makedevops.pl and makeobjops.pl tmpfiles Message-ID: <510.975049983@axl.fw.uunet.co.za> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 23 Nov 2000 13:44:36 PST." <20001123134436.A36337@citusc17.usc.edu>
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On Thu, 23 Nov 2000 13:44:36 PST, Kris Kennaway wrote: > Thanks for the patch, Sheldon. This one has been annoying me for a > while. However, I think I prefer the above option as a more generic > solution. I presume it includes functionality similar to mkstemp(). I should mention that I made a mistake. It's OpenBSD that has imported File::Temp, not NetBSD. I prefer the idea of importing it as well. > What libc function does rand() call? random(), by the sounds of it. I don't think so. My take on src/contrib/perl5/t/op/rand.t is that they use their own homegrown rand.t. > > + $ctmpname = "$tmpdir/ctmp." . rand(9999); > > + $htmpname = "$tmpdir/htmp." . rand(9999); > > Any particular reason for not using rand(999999999) or so? :-) Nope. I just wasn't sure how large a number I could safely request. Cia, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-audit" in the body of the message
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