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Lib/tempfile.py

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+# Temporary file name allocation
+
+import posix
+import path
+
+
+# Changeable parameters (by clients!)...
+# XXX Should the environment variable $TMPDIR override tempdir?
+
+tempdir = '/usr/tmp'
+template = '@'
+
+
+# Kludge to hold mutable state
+
+class Struct(): pass
+G = Struct()
+G.i = 0
+
+
+# User-callable function
+# XXX Should this have a parameter, like C's mktemp()?
+# XXX Should we instead use the model of Standard C's tempnam()?
+# XXX By all means, avoid a mess with four different functions like C...
+
+def mktemp():
+	while 1:
+		G.i = G.i+1
+		file = tempdir +'/'+ template + `posix.getpid()` +'.'+ `G.i`
+		if not path.exists(file):
+			break
+	return file