On Thu, 29 May 2003, Steven Kurylo wrote: > First I'd like to say this is great work so far, but I do have a > question. On the top of 15 you say, in reference to $$, "This doesn't > strictly gaurantee [sic] that the filename will always be unique..." So > how does using the command " scs2pdf > /tmp/output$$.pdf" make it unique > then, as the next line states? Perhaps if the line "So to make unique > filesnames use ..." to "So to make unguaranteed unique filesnames ..." > Thats still awkard, but it feels like the sentence you currently have > is offering to fix to the uniqueness problem with $$. The main reason I > bring this up is in regular use our office will easier have a collision > using $$.
Thanks for pointing this out, it is confusing. The reason $$ won't always be unique is that the process id can wrap. So if you print a lot, have a lot of processes, or don't move or rename them, they will get overwritten. Perhaps I should mention that in the HOWTO. Thank you for catching that. > What I've been doing on my system is the command "scs2pdf > > /tmp/output-` date +%m-%d-%H-%M-%S`" The date command in backticks will > add the current date/time into the file name. Unless you can print more > than one file a second, you can never have a collision until the year wraps. I didn't even think of that solution. That's a great idea. I'll add this in. Thank you. James Rich _______________________________________________ This is the Linux 5250 Development Project (LINUX5250) mailing list To post a message email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/linux5250 or email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives at http://archive.midrange.com/linux5250.
