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| author | Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> | 2002-11-12 22:07:11 (GMT) |
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| committer | Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> | 2002-11-12 22:07:11 (GMT) |
| commit | 4b9ed2f346921353b34a99332d9efd6ddce3a28b (patch) | |
| tree | d47f6846f840b8a964cef2f8b833664ece531fd0 /Doc/lib/libos.tex | |
| parent | cab94a19f660ce2204792dbe6f95cc0ac3892678 (diff) | |
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Clarified documentation of tempnam().
Closes SF bug #635656.
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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libos.tex b/Doc/lib/libos.tex index bc935b2..cf68f60 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libos.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libos.tex @@ -972,6 +972,10 @@ files if \var{dir} is omitted or \code{None}. If given and not filename. Applications are responsible for properly creating and managing files created using paths returned by \function{tempnam()}; no automatic cleanup is provided. +On \UNIX, the environment variable \envvar{TMPDIR} overrides +\var{dir}, while on Windows the \envvar{TMP} is used. The specific +behavior of this function depends on the C library implementation; +some aspects are underspecified in system documentation. \warning{Use of \function{tempnam()} is vulnerable to symlink attacks; consider using \function{tmpfile()} instead.} Availability: \UNIX, Windows. |