From: Progga <abulfazl@juniv.edu>
To: Glynn Clements <glynn.clements@virgin.net>
Cc: linux-c-programming@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: mktemp()
Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2004 04:43:35 +0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040606044335.C1576@Imrashi.net.bd> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <16578.8728.916755.738458@cerise.nosuchdomain.co.uk>; from glynn.clements@virgin.net on Sat, Jun 05, 2004 at 08:42:16PM +0100
On Sat, Jun 05, 2004 at 08:42:16PM +0100, Glynn Clements wrote:
>
> Or another process might coincidentally create a file named abc123456
> between the point that mktemp() returns and the point that you try to
> create your file.
This sounds serious! I am using this in a server and this can happen
of course. A special Thanks for pointing this special case. Maybe mkstemp()
is the only solution since open() can't be used here ;-(
> This type of situation is known as a "race condition".
The manpage mentioned this race condition and I didn't understood even after
going through the OS course ;-( Need to study hard.
Khoda Hafez
Progga
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-06-05 22:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-06-05 3:30 mktemp() Progga
2004-06-05 4:55 ` mktemp() Glynn Clements
2004-06-05 8:17 ` mktemp() Progga
2004-06-05 11:16 ` mktemp() Jan-Benedict Glaw
2004-06-05 12:40 ` mktemp() Progga
2004-06-05 13:18 ` mktemp() Jan-Benedict Glaw
2004-06-05 19:42 ` mktemp() Glynn Clements
2004-06-05 22:43 ` Progga [this message]
2004-06-06 9:50 ` mktemp() Martin Olsson
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