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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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