RE: [ILUG] set watch(..) under bash

From: Gav (gav at domain doesnotcompute.net)
Date: Wed 17 May 2000 - 14:18:18 IST

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On Tue, 16 May 2000, McDaid, Aaron wrote:

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> Is there an easy way with the bash to get
> a temporary (ie. unique) filename. I don't
> want my prog to delete files called "new"
> and "old" that may already exist

man mktemp

its a bit odd but the examples are fine i think

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