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+/*
+ * Replacement for a missing mkstemp.
+ *
+ * Provides the same functionality as the library function mkstemp for those
+ * systems that don't have it.
+ *
+ * Written by Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu>
+ * This work is hereby placed in the public domain by its author.
+ */
+
+#include <config.h>
+#include <portable/system.h>
+
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <sys/time.h>
+
+/*
+ * If we're running the test suite, rename mkstemp to avoid conflicts with the
+ * system version. #undef it first because some systems may define it to
+ * another name.
+ */
+#if TESTING
+# undef mkstemp
+# define mkstemp test_mkstemp
+int test_mkstemp(char *);
+#endif
+
+/* Pick the longest available integer type. */
+#if HAVE_LONG_LONG
+typedef unsigned long long long_int_type;
+#else
+typedef unsigned long long_int_type;
+#endif
+
+int
+mkstemp(char *template)
+{
+ static const char letters[] =
+ "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789";
+ size_t length;
+ char *XXXXXX;
+ struct timeval tv;
+ long_int_type randnum, working;
+ int i, tries, fd;
+
+ /*
+ * Make sure we have a valid template and initialize p to point at the
+ * beginning of the template portion of the string.
+ */
+ length = strlen(template);
+ if (length < 6) {
+ errno = EINVAL;
+ return -1;
+ }
+ XXXXXX = template + length - 6;
+ if (strcmp(XXXXXX, "XXXXXX") != 0) {
+ errno = EINVAL;
+ return -1;
+ }
+
+ /* Get some more-or-less random information. */
+ gettimeofday(&tv, NULL);
+ randnum = ((long_int_type) tv.tv_usec << 16) ^ tv.tv_sec ^ getpid();
+
+ /*
+ * Now, try to find a working file name. We try no more than TMP_MAX file
+ * names.
+ */
+ for (tries = 0; tries < TMP_MAX; tries++) {
+ for (working = randnum, i = 0; i < 6; i++) {
+ XXXXXX[i] = letters[working % 62];
+ working /= 62;
+ }
+ fd = open(template, O_RDWR | O_CREAT | O_EXCL, 0600);
+ if (fd >= 0 || (errno != EEXIST && errno != EISDIR))
+ return fd;
+
+ /*
+ * This is a relatively random increment. Cut off the tail end of
+ * tv_usec since it's often predictable.
+ */
+ randnum += (tv.tv_usec >> 10) & 0xfff;
+ }
+ errno = EEXIST;
+ return -1;
+}