NAME
open_tmp - open a new temporary file
SYNOPSIS
#include <limb/djbunix.h>
int open_tmp(char *name)
DESCRIPTION
The open_tmp
() function opens a new temporary file for writing, using a name
based on the template pointed by name
- which must end with at least 6
characters X
that will be replaced with random (printable) characters.
The memory pointed by name
will be modified, replacing the trailing X
characters so that name
contains the name of the file actually opened.
It is actually implemented as a macro to mkfiletemp(3).
RETURN VALUE
The open_tmp
() function returns the opened file descriptor on success.
Otherwise it returns -1 and sets errno
to indicate the error.
ERRORS
The open_tmp
() function may fail if :
EINVAL
The template pointed by name
does not end with at least 6 X
.
It may also fail and set errno
for the errors described for open_excl(3).