Re: [Mingw-users] tmpfile() in mingw32

[Greg C. <chi...@mi...>]

Andreas Schaefer wrote:
> 
>   I want to use the function tmpfile() of stdio.h in a C program.
> The problem is that - as noted in stdio.h - this routine tries
> to write the temporary file in the root directory - here c:\.
> For this you need admin rights to do it. I don't want to work
> always with admin rights.
> 
> So how can I change the behaviour so that the current directory will be
> used for creating the temporary file ...? My current machine is Win XP Pro
> with actual (current) mingw/msys distribution.

This was discussed here in some detail a few months ago.
Try searching the archives. The facility at gmane.org
often works better than what sourceforge provides.