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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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