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| author |   millert <millert@openbsd.org> | 2011-01-10 20:59:14 +0000 |
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| committer | millert <millert@openbsd.org> | 2011-01-10 20:59:14 +0000 |
| commit | 78a482326bad1de2311b77a04758c29bd7ad546d (patch) | |
| tree | 77df98a3d715915813564a7317c4560b754a5e98 /lib/libc/stdio | |
| parent | If pf_test() was called recursively, the global variable pf_hdrs (diff) | |
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mkdtemp() is present in POSIX 1003.1-2008
Add a warning about using less than 6 Xs causing an error on some systems
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc/stdio')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/stdio/mktemp.3 | 20 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/stdio/mktemp.3 b/lib/libc/stdio/mktemp.3 index 34c2a341fd6..9991792223d 100644 --- a/lib/libc/stdio/mktemp.3 +++ b/lib/libc/stdio/mktemp.3 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: mktemp.3,v 1.46 2011/01/07 21:57:01 nicm Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: mktemp.3,v 1.47 2011/01/10 20:59:14 millert Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1991, 1993 .\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: January 7 2011 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: January 10 2011 $ .Dt MKTEMP 3 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ depends on the number of Xs provided; six Xs will result in .Fn mktemp testing roughly 62 ** 6 combinations. At least 6 Xs should be used, though 10 is much better. +Some +.No non- Ns Bx +implementations return an error if fewer than 6 Xs are used. .Pp The .Fn mktemp @@ -256,23 +259,18 @@ function. .Xr tmpnam 3 .Sh STANDARDS The -.Fn mktemp +.Fn mkdtemp and .Fn mkstemp functions conform to the -.St -xpg4 , -but -.Fn mktemp -is marked as legacy. +.St -p1003.1-2008 . The ability to specify more than six Xs and setting .Xr errno 2 -in case of errors are extensions to this standard. +in case of errors are extensions to the standard. .Pp The -.Fn mkdtemp -and .Fn mkstemps -functions are non-standard and should not be used if portability is required. +function is non-standard and should not be used if portability is required. .Sh HISTORY A .Fn mktemp |