lyndon@ncc.UUCP (Lyndon Nerenberg) (03/12/88)
In article <68000011@convex> hutchson@convex.UUCP writes:
I work on unix now, and I miss temporary files. Yes, I know about mktemp:
it doesn't work at all well, and I wrote a better one for my own uses. But
there is no such thing on unix as a temporary file that steals SWIFTLY and
silently away as soon as the job finishes executing. This is not a feature;
this is a severe limitation! It is not possible to simulate temporary files
on unix without great effort; it is a pain even to pretend to simulate it.
I don't understand what the problem is here... What is so difficult about
doing a mktemp followed by an open followed by an unlink? The file sticks
around until the final close, at which time the kernel removes it. You
can skip the close as the kernel will take care of the close (and delete)
during process termination.