Ralph wrote:
> Strictly speaking, I wonder if it should be attempting to open(2)
> each contender with O_CREAT | O_EXCL until one succeeds, at which
> point it has the file descriptor to use. Unlikely to be an issue
> with interactive use but perhaps with some procmail-type handling?
Good point. There isn't a clean way to pass the fd with
the existing code. Do you see any problems with this:
if ((fd == open (file, O_CREAT | O_EXCL), mode) >= 0) {
close (fd);
break;
}
and later . . .
fopen (file, "w") . . .
David
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