#!/bin/sh

# This file tries to determine the best method to create a tempfile
# by testing various methods.

# Copyright (c) 2005, Lutz Peter Christoph
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testfun () {
	TEMP_FILE=`eval $MKTEMP 2>/dev/null`
	STATUS=$?
	if [ $STATUS = 0 -a -n "$TEMP_FILE" -a -f "$TEMP_FILE" ]; then
		rm -f $TEMP_FILE
		echo $MKTEMP
		exit
	else
		rm -f $TEMP_FILE
	fi
}

# Preferred
MKTEMP='mktemp -p /tmp/ $1'
testfun temp.XXXXXX

# FreeBSD way
MKTEMP="mktemp -t /tmp"
testfun temp.XXXXXX

# Plain mktemp
MKTEMP="mktemp /tmp/$1"
testfun temp.XXXXXX

# No mktemp at all
MKTEMP='rm -rf /tmp/$1.$$ && touch /tmp/$1.$$ && chmod 600 /tmp/$1.$$ && echo /tmp/$1.$$'
testfun temp.XXXXXX

exit 1
