program is exited if a temporary directory can't be found (@code{mktemp}
fails). The buffer for the result is obtained with @code{xmalloc}.
-This function is provided for backwards compatability only. Its use is
+This function is provided for backwards compatibility only. Its use is
not recommended.
@end deftypefn
int len;
len = strlen (base);
- temp_filename = xmalloc (len + TEMP_FILE_LEN + 1);
+ temp_filename = XNEWVEC (char, len + TEMP_FILE_LEN + 1);
strcpy (temp_filename, base);
strcpy (temp_filename + len, TEMP_FILE);
- mktemp (temp_filename);
- if (strlen (temp_filename) == 0)
+ if (mktemp (temp_filename) == 0)
abort ();
return temp_filename;
}