Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2000 17:13:34 -0500 From: Will Andrews <will@physics.purdue.edu> To: Chris Faulhaber <jedgar@fxp.org> Cc: freebsd-audit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: mktemp(1) usage Message-ID: <20001209171334.J671@puck.firepipe.net> In-Reply-To: <20001209150853.A57045@peitho.fxp.org>; from jedgar@fxp.org on Sat, Dec 09, 2000 at 03:08:54PM -0500 References: <20001209150853.A57045@peitho.fxp.org>
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On Sat, Dec 09, 2000 at 03:08:54PM -0500, Chris Faulhaber wrote: > Would it be more appropriate for scripts such as periodic(8) to > call mktemp(1) using the -t flag. In addition to using TMPDIR, > this allows the use of the system's _PATH_TMP instead of > hardcoding /tmp. Maybe that method doesn't use a random enough number to avoid file races? -- wca To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-audit" in the body of the message
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