mkstemp() and fstream() with g++ 3.2.3/libstdc++-3.2.3 / WBL3.0

[Robert Heller]

I need to create a unique temporary file and use it with C++ streams. 
With older C++ libraries under Linux (RH 7.3/G++ 2.96/libstdc++-2.96), I
could use mkstemp() to create and open file and then make it a stream by
passing the fd to fstream(). The newer iostream library does not seem to
have this conversion available.  I could use one of the other temp file
creation function, by they all say 'don't use this function, it is a
security risk, use mkstemp() instead'.  So, how do I deal with this? 
Not use C++ iostreams?  Write insecure code? Write my own fstream class
that is layered on top of file descriptors (yech!).


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