[18133] in bugtraq
Re: /tmp topic
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Brad Cavanagh)
Mon Dec 18 18:15:57 2000
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Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 16:19:58 -0800
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From: Brad Cavanagh <brad@SUCCESS-INFO.COM>
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> Is there a standard or a guide or a "HOWTO" <g> on using tmp
> directories safely? About using mkstemp(), assigning correct
> permissions, erasing the file at program termination, etc.
Well, Tim Jenness wrote the File::Temp module for Perl which returns the
filehandle and filename together, which helps guarantee that a race condition
cannot occur between checking for the existence of the file and its opening.
http://search.cpan.org/search?dist=File-Temp
The readme has a small smattering of information on temporary file creation and
the like, so it could be of interest to some people.
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