>>>> "Jan" == Jan Vroonhof
<vroonhof(a)math.ethz.ch> writes:
Jan> Oops.. I forgot that on the linux machine I was one we use
Jan> the Redhat CVS package. It uses mktemp too (which won't work
Jan> on Solaris).
Jan> There are some writeups on how to do this portably. The
Jan> debian folk have one, I'l try finding it
Jan> [time passes]
It's `tempfile', and is in the `debianutils' package.