3 * m_scratch.c -- construct a scratch file
7 * This code is Copyright (c) 2002, by the authors of nmh. See the
8 * COPYRIGHT file in the root directory of the nmh distribution for
9 * complete copyright information.
14 /***************************************************************************
15 * DO NOT USE THIS FUNCTION! IT WILL BE REMOVED IN THE FUTURE.
16 * THIS FUNCTION IS INSECURE. USE THE FUNCTIONS DEFINED IN m_mktemp.c.
17 ***************************************************************************/
19 m_scratch (char *file, char *template)
22 static char buffer[BUFSIZ], tmpfil[BUFSIZ];
24 snprintf (tmpfil, sizeof(tmpfil), "%sXXXXXX", template);
26 Mkstemp work postponed until later -Doug
35 /* nasty - this really means: if there is no '/' in the path */
36 if ((cp = r1bindex (file, '/')) == file)
37 strncpy (buffer, tmpfil, sizeof(buffer));
39 snprintf (buffer, sizeof(buffer), "%.*s%s", (int)(cp - file), file, tmpfil);