tmpnam
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                    |   Defined in header <stdio.h>
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|   char *tmpnam( char *filename );  | 
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Creates an unique filename and stores it in character string pointed to by filename. The function is capable of generating up to TMP_MAX of unique filenames, but some or all of them may be in use in the filesystem and thus not suitable return values.
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[edit] Parameters
| filename | - | pointer to the character string to be used as a result buffer. If NULL is passed, a pointer to an internal static buffer is returned. | 
[edit] Return value
filename if filename was not NULL. Otherwise a pointer to an internal static buffer is returned. If no suitable filename can be generated, NULL is returned.
[edit] Example
| This section is incomplete Reason: no example  | 
[edit] See also
|    returns a pointer to a temporary file  (function)  | |
|   C++ documentation for tmpnam 
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