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--- old/usr/src/man/man3c/mktemp.3c
+++ new/usr/src/man/man3c/mktemp.3c
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12 -.TH MKTEMP 3C "Sep 15, 2004"
13 -.SH NAME
14 -mktemp \- make a unique file name from a template
15 -.SH SYNOPSIS
16 -.LP
17 -.nf
18 -#include <stdlib.h>
19 -
20 -\fBchar *\fR\fBmktemp\fR(\fBchar *\fR\fItemplate\fR);
21 -.fi
22 -
23 -.SH DESCRIPTION
24 -.sp
25 -.LP
26 -The \fBmktemp()\fR function replaces the contents of the string pointed to by
27 -\fItemplate\fR with a unique file name, and returns \fItemplate\fR. The string
28 -in \fItemplate\fR should look like a file name with six trailing 'X's;
29 -\fBmktemp()\fR will replace the 'X's with a character string that can be used
12 +.Dd "Jul 21, 2014"
13 +.Dt MKTEMP 3C
14 +.Os
15 +.Sh NAME
16 +.Nm mktemp
17 +.Nd make a unique file name from a template
18 +.Sh SYNOPSIS
19 +.In stdlib.h
20 +.Ft "char *"
21 +.Fn mktemp "char *template"
22 +.Sh DESCRIPTION
23 +The
24 +.Fn mktemp
25 +function replaces the contents of the string pointed to by
26 +.Fa template
27 +with a unique file name, and returns
28 +.Fa template .
29 +The string in
30 +.Fa template
31 +should look like a file name with six trailing
32 +.So X Sc Ns s ;
33 +.Fn mktemp
34 +will replace the
35 +.So X Sc Ns s
36 +with a character string that can be used
30 37 to create a unique file name. Only 26 unique file names per thread can be
31 -created for each unique \fItemplate\fR.
32 -.SH RETURN VALUES
33 -.sp
34 -.LP
35 -The \fBmktemp()\fR function returns a pointer to the \fItemplate\fR on success
36 -and \fBNULL\fR if unique name cannot be created.
37 -.SH ERRORS
38 -.sp
39 -.LP
40 -No errors are defined.
41 -.SH EXAMPLES
42 -.LP
43 -\fBExample 1 \fRGenerate a filename.
44 -.sp
45 -.LP
38 +created for each unique
39 +.Fa template .
40 +.Sh RETURN VALUES
41 +The
42 +.Fn mktemp
43 +function returns a pointer to the
44 +.Fa template
45 +on success and
46 +.Dv NULL
47 +if unique name cannot be created.
48 +.Sh EXAMPLES
49 +.Ss Example 1 Generate a filename.
46 50 The following example replaces the contents of the "template" string with a
47 51 10-character filename beginning with the characters "file" and returns a
48 52 pointer to the "template" string that contains the new filename.
49 -
50 -.sp
51 -.in +2
52 -.nf
53 +.Bd -literal -offset indent
53 54 #include <stdlib.h>
54 55 \&...
55 56 char template[] = "/tmp/fileXXXXXX";
56 57 char *ptr;
57 58 ptr = mktemp(template);
58 -.fi
59 -.in -2
60 -
61 -.SH USAGE
62 -.sp
63 -.LP
59 +.Ed
60 +.Sh ERRORS
61 +No errors are defined.
62 +.Sh SECURITY
64 63 Between the time a pathname is created and the file opened, it is possible for
65 -some other process to create a file with the same name. The \fBmkstemp\fR(3C)
64 +some other process to create a file with the same name. The
65 +.Xr mkstemp 3C
66 66 function avoids this problem and is preferred over this function.
67 -.SH ATTRIBUTES
68 -.sp
69 -.LP
70 -See \fBattributes\fR(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
71 -.sp
72 -
73 -.sp
74 -.TS
75 -box;
76 -c | c
77 -l | l .
78 -ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE VALUE
79 -_
80 -Interface Stability Standard
81 -_
82 -MT-Level Safe
83 -.TE
84 -
85 -.SH SEE ALSO
86 -.sp
87 -.LP
88 -\fBmkstemp\fR(3C), \fBtmpfile\fR(3C), \fBtmpnam\fR(3C), \fBattributes\fR(5),
89 -\fBstandards\fR(5)
67 +.Sh INTERFACE STABILITY
68 +.Sy Obsolete Standard .
69 +.Sh MT-LEVEL
70 +.Sy Safe .
71 +.Sh SEE ALSO
72 +.Xr mkstemp 3C ,
73 +.Xr tmpfile 3C ,
74 +.Xr tmpnam 3C ,
75 +.Xr standards 5
76 +.Sh STANDARDS
77 +The
78 +.Fn mktemp
79 +function was introduced in
80 +.At v7
81 +and subsequently standardized in
82 +.St -xpg4.2 .
83 +It was obsoleted in
84 +.St -p1003.1-2001 ,
85 +and removed from
86 +.St -p1003.1-2008 .
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