#!@BASH@


#
# create a temporary file in a secure way.
#
function maketemp() {
	if [ -x /bin/mktemp ]
	then
		local tempfile=`mktemp /tmp/$1.XXXXXXXX`
	else
		DATE=`date`
		sectmp=`echo $DATE | /usr/bin/md5sum | cut -d- -f1`
		local tempfile=/tmp/$1.$sectmp
	fi
	echo $tempfile
}