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        !             3: tmpnam()                 General Function                tmpnam()
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        !             8: Generate a unique name for a temporary file
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        !            10: #include <stdio.h>
        !            11: cchhaarr *ttmmppnnaamm(_n_a_m_e);
        !            12: cchhaarr *_n_a_m_e;
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        !            14: tmpnam constructs  a unique name for a  file.  The names returned
        !            15: by tmpnam generally are mechanical concatenations of letters, and
        !            16: therefore  are mostly  used to  name  temporary files,  which are
        !            17: never seen by the user.  Unlike a file created by tmpfile, a file
        !            18: named by tmpnam does not automatically disappear when the program
        !            19: exits.  It must be  explicitly removed before the program ends if
        !            20: you want it to disappear.
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        !            22: name points  to the buffer  into which tmpnam writes  the name it
        !            23: generates.  If  name is set to NULL, tmpnam  writes the name into
        !            24: an internal  buffer that  may be  overwritten each time  you call
        !            25: this function.
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        !            27: tmpnam  returns a  pointer  to the  temporary  name.  Unlike  the
        !            28: related function tempnam,  tmpnam assumes that the temporary file
        !            29: will be  written into directory  /tmp and builds  the name accor-
        !            30: dingly.
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        !            32: ***** Example *****
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        !            34: For an example of this function, see execve.
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        !            36: ***** See Also *****
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        !            38: general functions, mktemp(), STDIO, tempnam()
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        !            40: ***** Notes *****
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        !            42: If you want  the file name to be written  into buffer, you should
        !            43: allocate at  least L_tmpnam bytes  of memory for  it; L_tmpnam is
        !            44: defined in the header stdio.h.
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