greg ewing lwbwyflqtcanterburyacnz iybzpoboxcom wrote guido documented alternatives well enough suppose could document explicitly use mkstemp place mktemp difference return value fairly modest id like see variation mkstemp returns file object instead file descriptor since thats really want time least always end calling fdopen greg _______________________________________________ pythondev mailing list zvlllneumpythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopythondev unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspythondevpythondev40tangomucom fri 08 aug 2008 150601 1200 pythondev warn mktemp