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NAME

6       pm_make_tmpfile() - create a temporary named file
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SYNOPSIS

10       #include <netpbm/pm.h>
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12       pm_make_tmpfile(FILE **       fileP,
13                       const char ** filenameP);
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EXAMPLE

17       This  simple  example creates a temporary file, writes 'hello world' to
18       it, then writes some search patterns to it, then uses it  as  input  to
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21       #include <netpbm/pm.h>
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23       FILE * myfileP;
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26       pm_make_tmpfile(&myfileP, &myfilename);
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28       fprintf(myfile, '^account:\\s.*\n');
29       fprintf(myfile, '^name:\\s.*\n');
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31       fclose(myFileP);
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33       asprintfN(&grepCommand, 'grep --file='%s' /tmp/infile >/tmp/outfile');
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35       system(grepCommand);
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37       strfree(grepCommand);
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39       unlink(myfilename);
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DESCRIPTION

46       This library function is part of Netpbm(1).
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48       pm_make_tmpfile()  creates and opens a temporary file, returning to you
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51       pm_make_tmpfile() chooses a file name that is not already in use,  with
52       proper  interlocking  to  make sure that it actually creates a file and
53       opens the new file, as opposed to merely opening an existing file.
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55       If you don't need to access the file by name, use pm_tmpfile() instead,
56       because  it's  cleaner.  With pm_tmpfile(), the operating system always
57       deletes the temporary file when your  program  exits,  if  the  program
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60       The  temporary file goes in the directory named by the TMPFILE environ‐
61       ment variable.  If TMPFILE is not set or is set to  something  unusable
62       (e.g.   too long), pm_tmpfile() falls back to the value of the standard
63       C library symbol P_tmpdir (like the standard C library's tmpfile()).
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65       The name of the file within that directory is like myprog_blrfx,  where
66       myprog is the name of your program (arg 0) and the rest is an arbitrary
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69       If pm_make_tmpfile() is unable to create a temporary file, it issues  a
70       message to Standard Error and aborts the program.
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HISTORY

75       pm_tmpfile() was introduced in Netpbm 10.27 (March 2005).
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