Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 13:36:54 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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On Mon, 12 Jun 2000, Mark E. wrote:

> Perhaps we should stick to considering how to handle properly-
> written programs that make use of temporary files like Bash.

If you mean that Bash should use tmpfile() instead of what it does
now, then I'm for it.  IMHO, getting remove-while-open do the right
thing on DOS (see my other mail) is too much of a hassle.  And the
trick Bash (and other Unix programs) use is inherently non-portable,
so I think it's a good idea to remove it even on Unix.