tempnam/mktemp

[Tim Smith]

> If tempnam/mktemp does anything more than sprintf(fname, "/tmp/tmp%d%d",
> getpid(), cnt++), what it does escapes me. Perhaps someone out there could
> tell me how 2 processes can have the same pid? I deem to be missing something.

Well, in the above, a proc with pid 10 creating 11 temp files will collide with
a proc with pid 101 creating 1 temp file.  Perhaps "/tmp/tmp%d.%d" would be
better. 
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					Tim Smith
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