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authorUlrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>1999-07-06 16:26:03 +0000
committerUlrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>1999-07-06 16:26:03 +0000
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Update.
1999-07-06  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@cygnus.com>

	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/ioperm.c: Update for some more
	motherboards.
	Patch by Jay Estabrook.

	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/configure.in: Don't test for libc4 in
	ldd for SPARC.
	* /sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sparc/ldd-rewrite.sed: New file.
	Patch by Cristian Gafton.

1999-07-02  Cristian Gafton  <gafton@redhat.com>

	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/bits/socket.h (__cmsg_nxthdr): "return 0"
	instead of "return NULL" to make C++ happy.

1999-07-04  Mark Kettenis  <kettenis@gnu.org>

	* libio/iofdopen.c (_IO_new_fdopen): Set EINVAL if MODE is not
	allowed by the file access mode of the open file.

1999-07-06  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@cygnus.com>

	* sysdeps/generic/setfpucw.c: Include math.h to get all needed
	macros defined.

1999-07-03  Jakub Jelinek   <jj@ultra.linux.cz>

	* sysdeps/sparc/sparc64/submul_1.S: Fix carry handling. Optimize.
	* sysdeps/sparc/sparc64/lshift.S: Make a leaf subroutine. Optimize.
	* sysdeps/sparc/sparc64/rshift.S: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/sparc/sparc64/mul_1.S: Optimize.

1999-07-04  Wolfram Gloger  <wmglo@dent.med.uni-muenchen.de>

	* malloc/malloc.c (request2size): Check for overflow and return
	NULL whenever it is encountered.

1999-07-04  Zack Weinberg  <zack@rabi.columbia.edu>

	* sysdeps/posix/tempname.c (__gen_tempname):   Add
	ability to create directories.  Replace OPENIT and LARGEFILE
	args with a single flags parameter.
	* sysdeps/generic/tempname.c: Likewise.
	* include/stdio.h: Adjust prototype of __gen_tempname to
	match.  Define symbolic constants for second argument.

	* misc/mkdtemp.c: New file, provides new function mkdtemp().
	* stdlib/stdlib.h: Prototype it.
	* misc/Versions: Export it.
	* misc/Makefile (routines): Add mktemp.
	* manual/filesys.texi: Document it.

	* misc/mktemp.c: Adjust call of __gen_tempname to match new
	convention.
	* misc/mkstemp.c: Likewise.
	* stdio-common/tempnam.c: Likewise.
	* stdio-common/tmpfile.c: Likewise.
	* stdio-common/tmpfile64.c: Likewise.
	* stdio-common/tmpnam.c: Likewise.
	* stdio-common/tmpnam_r.c: Likewise.

1999-07-05  Jakub Jelinek   <jj@ultra.linux.cz>

	* sysdeps/sparc/sparc64/dl-machine.h (elf_machine_rela): Support
	R_SPARC_OLO10 relocations.
	* elf/elf.h (R_SPARC_OLO10): Fix comment.
Diffstat (limited to 'manual')
-rw-r--r--manual/filesys.texi27
1 files changed, 26 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/manual/filesys.texi b/manual/filesys.texi
index 51af84633d..29f20758e8 100644
--- a/manual/filesys.texi
+++ b/manual/filesys.texi
@@ -2935,7 +2935,7 @@ end with @samp{XXXXXX}, @code{mkstemp} returns @code{-1} and does not
 modify @var{template}.
 
 The file is opened using mode @code{0600}.  If the file is meant to be
-used by other users the mode must explicitly changed.
+used by other users the mode must be changed explicitly.
 @end deftypefun
 
 Unlike @code{mktemp}, @code{mkstemp} is actually guaranteed to create a
@@ -2943,3 +2943,28 @@ unique file that cannot possibly clash with any other program trying to
 create a temporary file.  This is because it works by calling
 @code{open} with the @code{O_EXCL} flag bit, which says you want to
 always create a new file, and get an error if the file already exists.
+
+@comment stdlib.h
+@comment BSD
+@deftypefun {char *} mkdtemp (char *@var{template})
+The @code{mkdtemp} function creates a directory with a unique name.  If
+it succeeds, it overwrites @var{template} with the name of the
+directory, and returns @var{template}.  As with @code{mktemp} and
+@code{mkstemp}, @var{template} should be a string ending with
+@samp{XXXXXX}.
+
+If @code{mkdtemp} cannot create an uniquely named directory, it returns
+@code{NULL} and sets @var{errno} appropriately.  If @var{template} does
+not end with @samp{XXXXXX}, @code{mkdtemp} returns @code{NULL} and does
+not modify @var{template}.  @var{errno} will be set to @code{EINVAL} in
+this case.
+
+The directory is created using mode @code{0700}.
+@end deftypefun
+
+The directory created by @code{mkdtemp} cannot clash with temporary
+files or directories created by other users.  This is because directory
+creation always works like @code{open} with @code{O_EXCL}.
+@xref{Creating Directories}.
+
+The @code{mkdtemp} function comes from OpenBSD.