Re: Too many open files: newsx 1.4pl8

On Fri, Jan 10, 2003 at 11:12:15PM +0100, Egil Kvaleberg wrote:
[...]
> Since the filename returned by mktemp() is not used in an open(), but
> rather in a rename(), I think much of the problems with mktemp() does
> not apply. Certainly, on a machine where you do not allow possibly
> "aggressive" users, I'm quite sure mktemp() is quite all right.
[...]

I have not taken a look at the code, but assuming that newsx does not
run on systems with "aggressive" users sounds wrong to me.

BTW quoting mkstemp(3)
|  Don't  use  this function, use tmpfile(3) instead. It's better
|  defined and more portable.
             just my two cents. cu andreas             

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