namePtr = (char *) name;
    length = GetTempPath(MAX_PATH, name);
    if (length == 0) {
	goto gotError;
    }
    namePtr += length * sizeof(TCHAR);
    if (basenameObj) {
	const char *string = Tcl_GetString(basenameObj);

	Tcl_WinUtfToTChar(string, basenameObj->length, &buf);
	memcpy(namePtr, Tcl_DStringValue(&buf), Tcl_DStringLength(&buf));
	namePtr += Tcl_DStringLength(&buf);
	Tcl_DStringFree(&buf);
    } else {
	const TCHAR *baseStr = TEXT("TCL");
	int length = 3 * sizeof(TCHAR);

	memcpy(namePtr, baseStr, length);
	namePtr += length;
    }
    counter = TclpGetClicks() % 65533;
    counter2 = 1024;			/* Only try this many times! Prevents
					 * an infinite loop. */