glibc/stdio-common/tmpfile.c

/* Copyright (C) 1991, 1993, 1996 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
   This file is part of the GNU C Library.

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#include <stdio.h>


/* This returns a new stream opened on a temporary file (generated
   by tmpnam) The file is opened with mode "w+b" (binary read/write).
   If we couldn't generate a unique filename or the file couldn't
   be opened, NULL is returned.  */
FILE *
tmpfile ()
{
  char buf[FILENAME_MAX];
  char *filename;
  FILE *f;

  filename = __stdio_gen_tempname (buf, sizeof (buf), (char *) NULL, "tmpf", 0,
				   (size_t *) NULL, &f);
  if (filename == NULL)
    return NULL;

  /* Note that this relies on the Unix semantics that
     a file is not really removed until it is closed.  */
  (void) remove (filename);

  return f;
}