Subject: Re: Question on pipes
To: Todd Whitesel <toddpw@best.com>
From: Mason Loring Bliss <mason@acheron.middleboro.ma.us>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 08/27/2000 04:35:23
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On Sat, Aug 26, 2000 at 11:55:24PM -0700, Todd Whitesel wrote:

> If the whois data takes a long time to fetch, then I recommend a temp fil=
e:
>=20
> 	tmpfile=3D/tmp/whoisdata.$$

Or, perhaps better, since NetBSD supplies this cool functionality already:

    tmpfile=3D`mktemp /tmp/whoisdata.XXXXX`

followed by

    rm $tmpfile

to clean up at the end...

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   Mason Loring Bliss   mason@acheron.middleboro.ma.us             E w i g e
awake ? sleep : dream;  http://acheron.ne.mediaone.net  Meerschweinchenkraft


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