2 * m_scratch.c -- construct a scratch file
4 * This code is Copyright (c) 2002, by the authors of nmh. See the
5 * COPYRIGHT file in the root directory of the nmh distribution for
6 * complete copyright information.
11 /***************************************************************************
12 * DO NOT USE THIS FUNCTION! IT WILL BE REMOVED IN THE FUTURE.
13 * THIS FUNCTION IS INSECURE. USE THE FUNCTIONS DEFINED IN m_mktemp.c.
14 ***************************************************************************/
16 m_scratch (char *file, char *template)
19 static char buffer[BUFSIZ], tmpfil[BUFSIZ];
21 snprintf (tmpfil, sizeof(tmpfil), "%sXXXXXX", template);
23 * Mkstemp work postponed until later -Doug
32 /* nasty - this really means: if there is no '/' in the path */
33 if ((cp = r1bindex (file, '/')) == file)
34 strncpy (buffer, tmpfil, sizeof(buffer));
36 snprintf (buffer, sizeof(buffer), "%.*s%s", (int)(cp - file), file, tmpfil);