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author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-05-24 04:52:22 +0000 |
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committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-05-24 04:52:22 +0000 |
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Merging upstream version 6.8.
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diff --git a/man3/mktemp.3 b/man3/mktemp.3 deleted file mode 100644 index fb40594..0000000 --- a/man3/mktemp.3 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,118 +0,0 @@ -'\" t -.\" Copyright (C) 1993 David Metcalfe (david@prism.demon.co.uk) -.\" -.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: Linux-man-pages-copyleft -.\" -.\" References consulted: -.\" Linux libc source code -.\" Lewine's _POSIX Programmer's Guide_ (O'Reilly & Associates, 1991) -.\" 386BSD man pages -.\" Modified Sat Jul 24 18:48:06 1993 by Rik Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu) -.\" Modified Fri Jun 23 01:26:34 1995 by Andries Brouwer (aeb@cwi.nl) -.\" (prompted by Scott Burkett <scottb@IntNet.net>) -.\" Modified Sun Mar 28 23:44:38 1999 by Andries Brouwer (aeb@cwi.nl) -.\" -.TH mktemp 3 2023-10-31 "Linux man-pages 6.7" -.SH NAME -mktemp \- make a unique temporary filename -.SH LIBRARY -Standard C library -.RI ( libc ", " \-lc ) -.SH SYNOPSIS -.nf -.B #include <stdlib.h> -.P -.BI "char *mktemp(char *" template ); -.fi -.P -.RS -4 -Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see -.BR feature_test_macros (7)): -.RE -.P -.BR mktemp (): -.nf - Since glibc 2.12: - (_XOPEN_SOURCE >= 500) && ! (_POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200112L) - || /* glibc >= 2.19: */ _DEFAULT_SOURCE - || /* glibc <= 2.19: */ _SVID_SOURCE || _BSD_SOURCE - Before glibc 2.12: - _BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE || _XOPEN_SOURCE >= 500 -.\" || _XOPEN_SOURCE && _XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED -.fi -.SH DESCRIPTION -.IR "Never use this function" ; -see BUGS. -.P -The -.BR mktemp () -function generates a unique temporary filename -from \fItemplate\fP. -The last six characters of \fItemplate\fP must -be XXXXXX and these are replaced with a string that makes the -filename unique. -Since it will be modified, -.I template -must not be a string constant, but should be declared as a character array. -.SH RETURN VALUE -The -.BR mktemp () -function always returns \fItemplate\fP. -If a unique name was created, the last six bytes of \fItemplate\fP will -have been modified in such a way that the resulting name is unique -(i.e., does not exist already) -If a unique name could not be created, -\fItemplate\fP is made an empty string, and -.I errno -is set to indicate the error. -.SH ERRORS -.TP -.B EINVAL -The last six characters of \fItemplate\fP were not XXXXXX. -.SH ATTRIBUTES -For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see -.BR attributes (7). -.TS -allbox; -lbx lb lb -l l l. -Interface Attribute Value -T{ -.na -.nh -.BR mktemp () -T} Thread safety MT-Safe -.TE -.SH STANDARDS -None. -.SH HISTORY -4.3BSD, POSIX.1-2001. -Removed in POSIX.1-2008. -.\" .SH NOTES -.\" The prototype is in -.\" .I <unistd.h> -.\" for libc4, libc5, glibc1; glibc2 follows the Single UNIX Specification -.\" and has the prototype in -.\" .IR <stdlib.h> . -.SH BUGS -Never use -.BR mktemp (). -Some implementations follow 4.3BSD -and replace XXXXXX by the current process ID and a single letter, -so that at most 26 different names can be returned. -Since on the one hand the names are easy to guess, and on the other -hand there is a race between testing whether the name exists and -opening the file, every use of -.BR mktemp () -is a security risk. -The race is avoided by -.BR mkstemp (3) -and -.BR mkdtemp (3). -.SH SEE ALSO -.BR mktemp (1), -.BR mkdtemp (3), -.BR mkstemp (3), -.BR tempnam (3), -.BR tmpfile (3), -.BR tmpnam (3) |