Re: [FWP] Puzzle - Temp file creation

[Michael G Schwern <schwern@pobox.com>]

On Wed, Jul 14, 1999 at 04:20:39PM -0400, Chaim Frenkel wrote:
> >>>>> "MGS" == Michael G Schwern <schwern@pobox.com> writes:
> MGS> open(TMP, ">foo".time.$$"); isn't even safe, because if your program
> MGS> is running persistantly (say as a daemon or under mod_perl or FastCGI)
> MGS> subsequent runs will have the same PID, and if it runs twice in the
> MGS> same second (a strong possibility), you're screwed.
> 
> I still don't see the need for the search. Temporary files are
> temporary, (duh).

Oh, right.  Temporary, deleted at the end of the program.  Right.

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Michael G Schwern                                           schwern@pobox.com
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