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   1
   2 /*
   3  * m_scratch.c -- construct a scratch file
   4  *
   5  * $Id$
   6  */
   7
   8 #include <h/mh.h>
   9
  10
  11 char *
  12 m_scratch (char *file, char *template)
  13 {
  14     char *cp;
  15     static char buffer[BUFSIZ], tmpfil[BUFSIZ];
  16
  17     snprintf (tmpfil, sizeof(tmpfil), "%sXXXXXX", template);
  18     mktemp (tmpfil);
  19     if ((cp = r1bindex (file, '/')) == file)
  20         strncpy (buffer, tmpfil, sizeof(buffer));
  21     else
  22         snprintf (buffer, sizeof(buffer), "%.*s%s", cp - file, file, tmpfil);
  23     unlink (buffer);
  24
  25     return buffer;
  26 }