On Mon, 11 Oct 1999, Marc Lehmann wrote: > In any case, why not use tmpfile or a similar function to create it? that > function will do exactly what is required and will work on all systems (as > good as it can). Under Linux at least, tmpfile() simply does an unlink() after opening the file. :-) The problem with tmpfile(), as it has been pointed out, is that it does not allow for changing the path to swap dir. --- David Monniaux Tel: +33 1 44 32 20 66 Fax: +33 1 44 32 20 80 Laboratoire d'informatique de l'École Normale Supérieure, 45 rue d'Ulm - 75230 PARIS cedex 5 - FRANCE