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| author | Roland McGrath <roland@gnu.org> | 1994-10-11 03:57:59 +0000 |
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| committer | Roland McGrath <roland@gnu.org> | 1994-10-11 03:57:59 +0000 |
| commit | 704130a13d3d6c2cf3c25a110881c8d7aa2babe3 (patch) | |
| tree | 71b5a621e5cbfa19ab3f0fabc10a8b01c81e3bb6 | |
| parent | 10b5dbbbf97f3e708722d7c4167a7d43e9fa77ae (diff) | |
(Temporary Files): Say tempnam return is malloc'd.
| -rw-r--r-- | manual/filesys.texi | 6 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/manual/filesys.texi b/manual/filesys.texi index e5140cd960..c01779bc2f 100644 --- a/manual/filesys.texi +++ b/manual/filesys.texi @@ -1918,8 +1918,10 @@ less than @code{25}. @comment SVID @deftypefun {char *} tempnam (const char *@var{dir}, const char *@var{prefix}) This function generates a unique temporary filename. If @var{prefix} is -not a null pointer, up to five characters of this string are used as -a prefix for the file name. +not a null pointer, up to five characters of this string are used as a +prefix for the file name. The return value is a string newly allocated +with @code{malloc}; you should release its storage with @code{free} when +it is no longer needed. The directory prefix for the temporary file name is determined by testing each of the following, in sequence. The directory must exist and be |