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+/* $Header$ */
+/* mktemp - make a name for a temporary file; only here for backwards compat */
+/* no _-protected system-calls? */
+
+unsigned int getpid(void);
+int access(char *, int);
+
+char *mktemp(char *template)
+{
+ register int pid, k;
+ register char *p;
+
+ pid = getpid(); /* get process id as semi-unique number */
+ p = template;
+ while (*p) p++; /* find end of string */
+
+ /* Replace XXXXXX at end of template with pid. */
+ while (*--p == 'X') {
+ *p = '0' + (pid % 10);
+ pid /= 10;
+ }
+ p++;
+ for (k = 'a'; k <= 'z'; k++) {
+ *p = k;
+ if (access(template, 0) < 0) {
+ return template;
+ }
+ }
+ return("/");
+}