* Herbert Xu: > Paul Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Even mktemp(1) can collide, in theory, since there is no practical way >> in shell scripts to hold open and locked the file from the instant of it >> is determined to be a unique name. > > mktemp(1) creates the file before exiting. Other instances of mktemp(1) > cannot successfully create the same file (they all use O_EXCL). > Therefore this race does not exist, even in theory :)
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