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        !             3: tempnam()                General Function               tempnam()
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        !             8: Generate a unique name for a temporary file
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        !            10: cchhaarr *tteemmppnnaamm(_d_i_r_e_c_t_o_r_y, _n_a_m_e);
        !            11: cchhaarr *_d_i_r_e_c_t_o_r_y, *_n_a_m_e;
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        !            13: tempnam constructs  a unique temporary  name that can  be used to
        !            14: name a file.
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        !            16: directory points  to the name of the directory  in which you want
        !            17: the temporary  file written.  If  this variable is  NULL, tempnam
        !            18: reads the  environmental variable TMPDIR  and uses it  for direc-
        !            19: tory.   If neither  directory nor TMPDIR  is given,  tempnam uses
        !            20: /tmp.
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        !            22: name points  to the string  of letters that will  prefix the tem-
        !            23: porary name.   This string should not be more  than three or four
        !            24: characters,  to prevent  truncation or  duplication  of temporary
        !            25: file names.  If name is NULL, tempnam sets it to t.
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        !            27: tempnam uses  malloc to allocate a buffer  for the temporary file
        !            28: name it returns.   If all goes well, it returns  a pointer to the
        !            29: temporary name it has written.  Otherwise, it returns NULL if the
        !            30: allocation fails or if it cannot build a temporary file name suc-
        !            31: cessfully.
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        !            33: ***** See Also *****
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        !            35: general functions, mktemp(), tmpnam()
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        !            37: ***** Notes *****
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        !            39: tempnam is not described in the ANSI Standard.  Programs that use
        !            40: it will  not conform strictly the Standard, and  may not be port-
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