The tmpnam() function is a special function which is declared inside “stdio.h” header file. It generates a different temporary file name each time it is called up to at least TMP_MAX names. Here TMP_MAX represents maximum number of different file names that can be produce by tmpnam() function. If it is called more than TMP_MAX times, the behavior is implementation dependent.Here, L_tmpnam define the size needed for an array of char to hold the result of tmpnam.
Syntax :
char *tmpnam(char *str) s : The character array to copy the file name. It generates and returns a valid temporary filename which does not exist. If str is null then it simply returns the tmp file name.
// C program to generate random temporary file names. #include <stdio.h> int main(void) { // L_tmpnam declared in the stdio.h file. // L_tmpnam define length of the generated file name. char generate[L_tmpnam + 1]; // Add +1 for the null character. tmpnam(generate); puts(generate); return 0; } |
Output:
The file names are dependent on running machine, which can be anything.
Example: /tmp/fileRTOA0m
\s260.
\s3ok.
\s5gg. etc
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