temp file name

[Artur M. Piwko]

In the darkest hour on Fri, 17 Dec 2004 17:21:53 +0530,
km <km at mrna.tn.nic.in> screamed:
> Is there a way to  create  a unique file name; safely
> i have used os.tmpnam() with python2.4, i warns that the usage is a potential security risk.
>

Security risk comes from posix tmpnam itself.
>From tmpnam manual:

BUGS
       The precise meaning of `appropriate' is undefined;  it  is  unspecified
       how  accessibility  of a directory is determined.  Never use this func-
       tion. Use mkstemp(3) instead.

Use tempfile.mkstemp() instead.

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