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Re: temp file suffixes: mktemp DWIM
From: |
Eric Blake |
Subject: |
Re: temp file suffixes: mktemp DWIM |
Date: |
Mon, 9 Nov 2009 22:57:23 +0000 (UTC) |
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Eric Blake <ebb9 <at> byu.net> writes:
>
> Eric Blake <ebb9 <at> byu.net> writes:
>
> > Before I do that, how about documenting what mktemp currently does. The
> > proposed patch documents the current behavior, although it probably needs
> some
> > tweaks (and corresponding tweaks in mktemp.c) based this email.
>
> I noticed this when rereading my patch. I'll be pushing this soon...
after squashing this in, too:
diff --git i/doc/coreutils.texi w/doc/coreutils.texi
index d24a92c..3721bee 100644
--- i/doc/coreutils.texi
+++ w/doc/coreutils.texi
@@ -12187,12 +12187,12 @@ mktemp invocation
can create an object by the same name.
@item -p @var{dir}
address@hidden address@hidden
address@hidden address@hidden
@opindex -p
address@hidden --tempdir
address@hidden --tmpdir
Treat @var{template} relative to the directory @var{dir}. If
@var{dir} is not specified (only possible with the long option
address@hidden) or is the empty string, use the value of
address@hidden) or is the empty string, use the value of
@env{TMPDIR} if available, otherwise use @samp{/tmp}. If this is
specified, @var{template} must not be absolute. However,
@var{template} can still contain slashes, although intermediate
- Re: temp file suffixes: mktemp DWIM, (continued)
- Re: temp file suffixes: mktemp DWIM, Jim Meyering, 2009/11/04
- mktemp write failure (was: temp file suffixes: mktemp DWIM), Eric Blake, 2009/11/05
- Re: mktemp write failure, Eric Blake, 2009/11/05
- Re: mktemp write failure, Eric Blake, 2009/11/05
- Re: mktemp write failure, Jim Meyering, 2009/11/06
- Re: mktemp write failure, Eric Blake, 2009/11/06
- Re: mktemp write failure, Jim Meyering, 2009/11/06
- Re: mktemp write failure, Eric Blake, 2009/11/06
- Re: mktemp write failure, Jim Meyering, 2009/11/05
Re: temp file suffixes: mktemp DWIM, Eric Blake, 2009/11/09
- Re: temp file suffixes: mktemp DWIM,
Eric Blake <=