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diff --git a/man3/tempnam.3 b/man3/tempnam.3 index fd68643..e1b7380 100644 --- a/man3/tempnam.3 +++ b/man3/tempnam.3 @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ .\" .\" SPDX-License-Identifier: Linux-man-pages-copyleft .\" -.TH tempnam 3 2023-07-20 "Linux man-pages 6.05.01" +.TH tempnam 3 2023-10-31 "Linux man-pages 6.7" .SH NAME tempnam \- create a name for a temporary file .SH LIBRARY @@ -12,15 +12,15 @@ Standard C library .SH SYNOPSIS .nf .B #include <stdio.h> -.PP +.P .BI "char *tempnam(const char *" dir ", const char *" pfx ); .fi -.PP +.P .RS -4 Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see .BR feature_test_macros (7)): .RE -.PP +.P .BR tempnam (): .nf Since glibc 2.19: @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ Use or .BR tmpfile (3) instead. -.PP +.P The .BR tempnam () function returns a pointer to a string that is a valid filename, @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ in case is a non-NULL string of at most five bytes. The directory prefix part of the pathname generated is required to be "appropriate" (often that at least implies writable). -.PP +.P Attempts to find an appropriate directory go through the following steps: .TP 3 @@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ is used when appropriate. .TP d) Finally an implementation-defined directory may be used. -.PP +.P The string returned by .BR tempnam () is allocated using @@ -105,7 +105,6 @@ T{ .BR tempnam () T} Thread safety MT-Safe env .TE -.sp 1 .SH STANDARDS POSIX.1-2008. .SH HISTORY @@ -130,7 +129,7 @@ Or better yet, use .BR mkstemp (3) or .BR tmpfile (3). -.PP +.P SUSv2 does not mention the use of .BR TMPDIR ; glibc will use it only @@ -138,12 +137,12 @@ when the program is not set-user-ID. On SVr4, the directory used under \fBd)\fP is .I /tmp (and this is what glibc does). -.PP +.P Because it dynamically allocates memory used to return the pathname, .BR tempnam () is reentrant, and thus thread safe, unlike .BR tmpnam (3). -.PP +.P The .BR tempnam () function generates a different string each time it is called, @@ -156,11 +155,11 @@ If it is called more than .B TMP_MAX times, the behavior is implementation defined. -.PP +.P .BR tempnam () uses at most the first five bytes from .IR pfx . -.PP +.P The glibc implementation of .BR tempnam () fails with the error |