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Re: fix mktemp (remove mktemp ;)

From
Petr Baudis <pasky@ucw.cz>
Date
Apr 16, 2005, 23:37 UTC
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<20050416233724.GP19099@pasky.ji.cz>
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<20050416232749.23430.93360.sendpatchset@sam.engr.sgi.com>

Dear diary, on Sun, Apr 17, 2005 at 01:27:43AM CEST, I got a letter where Paul Jackson <pj@sgi.com> told me that...

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> Remove mktemp usage - it doesn't work on
> some Mandrakes, nor on my SuSE 8.2 with
> mktemp-1.5-531.
> 
> Replace with simple use of $$ (pid).
> I've been using this same pattern for
> 20 years on many production scripts;
> it's fast, solid and simple.
And racy. And not guaranteed to come up with fresh new files.
> More robust tmp file removal, using trap,
> so that scripts interrupted by signals
> HUP, INT, QUIT or PIPE will cleanup.
But I like this!

I'm deferring those changes to the introduction of a git shell library, which several people volunteered to do so far, but noone sent me any patches for (the last one was probably Martin Mares, only few hours ago though).

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				Petr "Pasky" Baudis
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  1. fix mktemp (remove mktemp ;)Paul Jackson, Apr 16, 2005
  2. missing mkdir -p flag in gitdiff-doPaul Jackson, Apr 16, 2005
  3. optimize gitdiff-do scriptPaul Jackson, Apr 16, 2005
  4. Petr BaudisApr 16, 2005
  5. Paul JacksonApr 17, 2005
  6. Paul JacksonApr 18, 2005
  7. Petr BaudisApr 18, 2005
  8. Paul JacksonApr 18, 2005
  9. Paul JacksonMay 10, 2005
  10. Jan-Benedict GlawApr 16, 2005
  11. Paul JacksonApr 16, 2005
  12. Petr BaudisApr 16, 2005
  13. Paul JacksonApr 17, 2005
  14. Dave JonesApr 17, 2005
  15. Paul JacksonApr 17, 2005
  16. Dave JonesApr 17, 2005
  17. David LangApr 17, 2005
  18. Paul JacksonApr 17, 2005
  19. Brian O'MahoneyApr 17, 2005
  20. Paul JacksonApr 17, 2005
  21. Erik van KonijnenburgApr 17, 2005
  22. Paul JacksonApr 17, 2005
  23. Herbert XuApr 18, 2005
  24. Paul JacksonApr 18, 2005
  25. Florian WeimerApr 18, 2005

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