tags 363518 fixed-upstream thanks > The man page says: > > "The tmpfile() function generates a unique temporary filename." > > This is true, but largely irrelevant: there's no (legal) way to get at > the name. Since this a rather difficult area (tmpname, tempnam, > mkstemp &c.), clarity helps. > > I suggest rewriting the first two sentences as: > > The tmpfile() opens a unique temporary file in binary read/write > (w+b) mode. > > The generation of a unique filename is mentioned later (with reference > to errors); that's fine.
Reuben, Thanks for your report. I agree and have amended upstream as you suggest. Fixed in upstream 2.31. Cheers, Michael -- Michael Kerrisk maintainer of Linux man pages Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, and 7 Want to help with man page maintenance? Grab the latest tarball at ftp://ftp.win.tue.nl/pub/linux-local/manpages/, read the HOWTOHELP file and grep the source files for 'FIXME'. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
