On 28/04/2009 16:51, "Stephen J. Butler" <stephen.but...@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 10:18 AM, Erik Buck <erik.b...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
>> Don't hard code paths!  Use NSHomeDirectory() or NSTemporaryDirectory() or
>> NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains().
>
> Not only that, but hardcoding filenames in tmp directories is
> generally considered a security bug. You should be using mktemp or one
> of its ilk. Not sure if there's a Cocoa API for that.

It's not only a security bug but a buggy bug. If you see what I mean :-).
What happens if two users are fast-user-switching on the same box? Both apps
are using the same temporary data...

Cheers,
Graham.
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