From: Paul Knight <paulymer5ml@...>
Date: 2006-05-02T03:06:34+09:00
Subject: Re: Generate unique filenames

On May 1, 2006, at 10:33 AM, 13 wrote:

> Hi,
>
> [snipping all around]
>
> I rather choose some self made random number based solution.
>
> --
> Martins
>

Rather than trying to setup a random number based solution, how about  
using the fairly common (on *nix) uuidgen program?

Regarding Tempfile, empty files are usually fairly cheap. I think the  
guarantee that your file will be available is definitely something to  
consider.

Paul Knight