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  1. Path: news.crystalball.com!news
  2. From: Larry Weiss <lfw@oc.com>
  3. Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
  4. Subject: Re: C beginner needs your help ASAP
  5. Date: Tue, 20 Feb 1996 17:29:06 -0600
  6. Organization: crystalball.com
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  14.  
  15. Robert B. Clark wrote:
  16.  > ... look up the
  17.  > tmpnam() function.  It will automatically increment filenames for you,
  18.  > making sure that the derived filename does not match any in the target
  19.  > directory.
  20.  
  21. Be aware that the C Standard does not guarantee any particular pattern
  22. to the generated filename(s).
  23.