Message-Id:	<199803182220.OAA07638@geocities.com>
From:	cssl AT geocities DOT com
Sender:	cssl AT mail DOT geocities DOT com
To:	Vik Heyndrickx <Vik DOT Heyndrickx AT rug DOT ac DOT be>
Date:	Sat, 14 Mar 1998 10:47:28 GMT0BST
Subject:	Re: Temporary files considered unsafe
Reply-to:	Diego Zuccato <cssl AT geocities DOT com>
CC:	Bill Currie <bill AT taniwha DOT tssc DOT co DOT nz>, djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com

 > Packing different values into an 8+3 filename is not really a problem
 > (assuming that the information content of these values together is not
 > larger than 39^8).
Uhm... Note that 39^8 > 2^42
So there can be up to 42 bit of info. Couldn't we use a 32bit PID and a 
10 bit counter ?

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