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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libos.tex b/Doc/lib/libos.tex index c92aa4d..6a1223f 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libos.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libos.tex @@ -1025,7 +1025,11 @@ paths returned by \function{tmpnam()}; no automatic cleanup is provided. \warning{Use of \function{tmpnam()} is vulnerable to symlink attacks; consider using \function{tmpfile()} instead.} -Availability: \UNIX, Windows. +Availability: \UNIX, Windows. This function probably shouldn't be used +on Windows, though: Microsoft's implementation of \function{tmpnam()} +always creates a name in the root directory of the current drive, and +that's generally a poor location for a temp file (depending on +privileges, you may not even be able to open a file using this name). \end{funcdesc} \begin{datadesc}{TMP_MAX} |