mkstemp.c

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#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <stdint.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/time.h>

/* Generate a unique temporary file name from TEMPLATE.
   The last six characters of TEMPLATE must be "XXXXXX";
   they are replaced with a string that makes the filename unique.
   Returns a file descriptor open on the file for reading and writing.  */
int
mkstemp (template)
     char *template;
{
  static const char letters[]
    = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789";
  static uint64_t value;
  struct timeval tv;
  char *XXXXXX;
  size_t len;
  int count;

  len = strlen (template);
  if (len < 6 || strcmp (&template[len - 6], "XXXXXX"))
    {
      __set_errno (EINVAL);
      return -1;
    }

  /* This is where the Xs start.  */
  XXXXXX = &template[len - 6];

  /* Get some more or less random data.  */
  __gettimeofday (&tv, NULL);
  value += ((uint64_t) tv.tv_usec << 16) ^ tv.tv_sec ^ getpid ();

  for (count = 0; count < TMP_MAX; ++count)
    {
      uint64_t v = value;
      int fd;

      /* Fill in the random bits.  */
      XXXXXX[0] = letters[v % 62];
      v /= 62;
      XXXXXX[1] = letters[v % 62];
      v /= 62;
      XXXXXX[2] = letters[v % 62];
      v /= 62;
      XXXXXX[3] = letters[v % 62];
      v /= 62;
      XXXXXX[4] = letters[v % 62];
      v /= 62;
      XXXXXX[5] = letters[v % 62];

      fd = open (template, O_RDWR|O_CREAT|O_EXCL, 0600);
      if (fd >= 0)
	/* The file does not exist.  */
	return fd;

      /* This is a random value.  It is only necessary that the next
	 TMP_MAX values generated by adding 7777 to VALUE are different
	 with (module 2^32).  */
      value += 7777;
    }

  /* We return the null string if we can't find a unique file name.  */
  template[0] = '\0';
  return -1;
}