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- From: rogerk@queernet.org (Roger B.A. Klorese)
- Subject: Re: tempnam(3S) bug, possibly on all MIPS
- Message-ID: <Bzvt4o.FE3@queernet.org>
- Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1992 19:36:24 GMT
- References: <1gu849INNp6k@menudo.uh.edu> <tqcnepk@zuni.esd.sgi.com> <1992Dec24.011451.497@pixar.com>
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- In article <1992Dec24.011451.497@pixar.com> aaa@pixar.com (Tony Apodaca) writes:
- > This is not really the point. The point is that a smart programmer
- >checks errno after every system call.
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- No, an *incorrect* one does. A *smart* one checks it only after bad
- status returns.
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