Florian Weimer a �crit dans le message <87og6lv6ix.fsf@deneb.cygnus.argh.org>... >and mktemp() does write to the array argument. (Of course, you should >never-ever use mktemp(), tmpnam() or tempnam(). Note that there is at >least one Ada implementation which uses tmpnam() internally to create >a name name for Ada temporary files, so be careful there as well.) Can you enlight us about why one should not use tmpnam() and tempnam() ? Just that it is not clear to me... I'am not a fan C programmer :) Pascal. --|------------------------------------------------------ --| Pascal Obry Team-Ada Member --| 45, rue Gabriel Peri - 78114 Magny Les Hameaux FRANCE --|------------------------------------------------------ --| http://perso.wanadoo.fr/pascal.obry --| --| "The best way to travel is by means of imagination"