[Issue 7537] `File.tmpfile` requires administrator rights on Windows

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http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=7537


Walter Bright <bugzilla at digitalmars.com> changed:

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--- Comment #7 from Walter Bright <bugzilla at digitalmars.com> 2012-04-19 11:23:55 PDT ---
(In reply to comment #5)
> The filename is chosen by the C runtime, not the operating system. It is a bug
> in the DigitalMars C runtime. It probably tries to use the hard-coded
> %WINDIR%\Temp directory, instead of the user profile directory or %TEMP%.

Actually, it uses stdio.h's _P_tmpdir, which on Windows is "\\". Did I say that
implementation is rather old? I also noticed that Windows 7 does not allow
writing to the root directory. XP allowed it.

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