Ben Pfaff wrote: > > /* Create a temporary directory. > > PREFIX is used as a prefix for the name of the temporary directory. It > > should be short and still give an indication about the program. > > Return a fresh 'struct temp_dir' on success. Upon error, an error > > message > > is shown and NULL is returned. */ > > extern struct temp_dir * create_temp_dir (const char *prefix); > > I find the description just a little confusing: PREFIX is a > prefix for the *base name* of the temporary directory. It > actually goes in the middle of the directory name.
I guess you are confused because of the distinction between "filename" in the POSIX sense (= pathname component) and "filename" in the sense that is matches a user's mind and that Paul Eggert wants to use also in APIs. In the next version, this function will take an additional PARENTDIR argument, to accomodate GNU sort's -T option. That should avoid the confusion in this particular case. Bruno
