243 lines
6.2 KiB
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243 lines
6.2 KiB
Groff
.\" $NetBSD: tmpnam.3,v 1.7 1998/04/28 20:59:29 fair Exp $
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.\" Copyright (c) 1988, 1991, 1993
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.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
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.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by
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.\" the American National Standards Committee X3, on Information
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.\" Processing Systems.
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.\" @(#)tmpnam.3 8.2 (Berkeley) 11/17/93
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.\"
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.Dd March 24, 1997
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.Dt TMPFILE 3
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm tempnam ,
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.Nm tmpfile ,
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.Nm tmpnam
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.Nd temporary file routines
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.Sh LIBRARY
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.Lb libc
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Fd #include <stdio.h>
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.Ft FILE *
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.Fn tmpfile void
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.Ft char *
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.Fn tmpnam "char *str"
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.Ft char *
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.Fn tempnam "const char *tmpdir" "const char *prefix"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Fn tmpfile
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function
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returns a pointer to a stream associated with a file descriptor returned
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by the routine
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.Xr mkstemp 3 .
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The created file is unlinked before
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.Fn tmpfile
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returns, causing the file to be automatically deleted when the last
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reference to it is closed.
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The file is opened with the access value
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.Ql w+ .
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.Pp
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The
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.Fn tmpnam
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function
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returns a pointer to a file name, in the
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.Dv P_tmpdir
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directory, which
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did not reference an existing file at some indeterminate point in the
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past.
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.Dv P_tmpdir
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is defined in the include file
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.Aq Pa stdio.h .
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If the argument
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.Fa s
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is
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.Pf non- Dv NULL ,
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the file name is copied to the buffer it references.
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Otherwise, the file name is copied to a static buffer.
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In either case,
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.Fn tmpnam
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returns a pointer to the file name.
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.Pp
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The buffer referenced by
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.Fa s
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is expected to be at least
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.Dv L_tmpnam
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bytes in length.
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.Dv L_tmpnam
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is defined in the include file
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.Aq Pa stdio.h .
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.Pp
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The
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.Fn tempnam
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function
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is similar to
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.Fn tmpnam ,
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but provides the ability to specify the directory which will
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contain the temporary file and the file name prefix.
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.Pp
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The environment variable
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.Ev TMPDIR
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(if set), the argument
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.Fa tmpdir
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(if
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.Pf non- Dv NULL ) ,
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the directory
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.Dv P_tmpdir ,
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and the directory
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.Pa /tmp
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are tried, in the listed order, as directories in which to store the
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temporary file.
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.Pp
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The argument
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.Fa prefix ,
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if
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.Pf non- Dv NULL ,
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is used to specify a file name prefix, which will be the
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first part of the created file name.
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.Fn tempnam
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allocates memory in which to store the file name; the returned pointer
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may be used as a subsequent argument to
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.Xr free 3 .
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.Sh RETURN VALUES
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The
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.Fn tmpfile
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function
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returns a pointer to an open file stream on success, and a
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.Dv NULL
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pointer
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on error.
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.Pp
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The
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.Fn tmpnam
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and
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.Fn tempfile
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functions
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return a pointer to a file name on success, and a
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.Dv NULL
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pointer
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on error.
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.Sh ERRORS
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The
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.Fn tmpfile
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function
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may fail and set the global variable
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.Va errno
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for any of the errors specified for the library functions
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.Xr fdopen 3
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or
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.Xr mkstemp 3 .
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.Pp
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The
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.Fn tmpnam
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function
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may fail and set
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.Va errno
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for any of the errors specified for the library function
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.Xr mktemp 3 .
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.Pp
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The
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.Fn tempnam
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function
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may fail and set
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.Va errno
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for any of the errors specified for the library functions
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.Xr malloc 3
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or
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.Xr mktemp 3 .
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr mkstemp 3 ,
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.Xr mktemp 3
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.Sh STANDARDS
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The
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.Fn tmpfile
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and
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.Fn tmpnam
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functions
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conform to
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.St -ansiC .
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.Sh BUGS
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These interfaces are provided for
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.At V
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and
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.Tn ANSI
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compatibility only.
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The
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.Xr mkstemp 3
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interface is strongly preferred.
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.Pp
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There are four important problems with these interfaces (as well as
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with the historic
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.Xr mktemp 3
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interface).
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First, there is an obvious race between file name selection and file
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creation and deletion.
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Second, most historic implementations provide only a limited number
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of possible temporary file names (usually 26) before file names will
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start being recycled.
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Third, the
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.At V
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implementations of these functions (and of
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.Xr mktemp 3 )
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use the
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.Xr access 2
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system call to determine whether or not the temporary file may be created.
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This has obvious ramifications for setuid or setgid programs, complicating
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the portable use of these interfaces in such programs.
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Finally, there is no specification of the permissions with which the
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temporary files are created.
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.Pp
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This implementation of
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.Fn tmpfile
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does not have these flaws,
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and that of
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.Fn tmpnam
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and
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.Fn tempnam
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only have the first limitation, but portable software
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cannot depend on that.
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In particular, the
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.Fn tmpfile
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interface should not be used in software expected to be used on other systems
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if there is any possibility that the user does not wish the temporary file to
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be publicly readable and writable.
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.Pp
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A link-time warning will be issued if
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.Fn tmpnam
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or
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.Fn tempnam
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is used, and advises the use of
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.Fn mkstemp
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instead.
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