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authorJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>1999-04-18 15:57:19 +0000
committerJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>1999-04-18 15:57:19 +0000
commit69b1c4026ccea8f653d3f7908dcdbf85ff75da98 (patch)
tree5cd9ab8e8504626f24d6c57346d96aa85cfd1b5e /src/sort.c
parent0fe4e6b4435a0dca4e7731e4adac884abec5b271 (diff)
downloadcoreutils-69b1c4026ccea8f653d3f7908dcdbf85ff75da98.tar.xz
(tempname): Add a FIXME comment.
Diffstat (limited to 'src/sort.c')
-rw-r--r--src/sort.c13
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/sort.c b/src/sort.c
index d69cb4f05..5918b6a6f 100644
--- a/src/sort.c
+++ b/src/sort.c
@@ -450,10 +450,15 @@ tempname (void)
(len && temp_dir[len - 1] != '/') ? "/" : "",
(unsigned int) getpid () & 0xffff, seq);
else
- sprintf (name, "%s%ss%5.5d%2.2d.%3.3d",
- temp_dir,
- (len && temp_dir[len - 1] != '/') ? "/" : "",
- (unsigned int) getpid () & 0xffff, seq / 1000, seq % 1000);
+ {
+ sprintf (name, "%s%ss%5.5d%2.2d.%3.3d",
+ temp_dir,
+ (len && temp_dir[len - 1] != '/') ? "/" : "",
+ (unsigned int) getpid () & 0xffff, seq / 1000, seq % 1000);
+
+ /* FIXME: fail if seq exceeds 99999 -- at which point sort
+ would start reusing temporary file names. */
+ }
/* Make sure that SEQ's value fits in 5 digits. */
++seq;