[Texmacs-dev] Temporary file creation (was: Privacy considerations)

[Norbert Nemec]

Sorry, I just realized after searching the web, that this already has been 
discussed on this list a while ago:
        http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/texmacs-dev/2003-02/msg00061.html

From that point of view, I would clearly suggest to 
1) use tmpname to create a name for a *subdirectory* in /tmp
2) create that directory with restrictive permissions
3) make sure that the permissions are correct and it really is a directory 
(and not a symlink, etc.)
4) do whatever you like within the directory without having to worry about 
filenames

Am Mittwoch, 10. September 2003 23:36 schrieb Nix N. Nix:
> On Wed, 10 Sep 2003, Joris van der Hoeven wrote:
> > All temporary files are now created in ~/.TeXmacs/system and
> > most of them in ~/.TeXmacs/system/tmp.
> >
> > Now I agree more or less with what you say below.
> > However, I don't know of any safe Unix command which
> > creates temporary file names for me.
>
> I /believe/ mkstemp was created for this express purpose.
>
> There was the "mktemp" function which newer compilers accuse of being
> insecure by issuing a warning to that effect, and suggesting that one use
> mkstemp instead.
>
>
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