commit 93a0e759c9994e110f9cf6b773cdc9a4c2dd4f75
parent 01195fa7e509c84a69652761ce7b58776eb3deff
Author: FRIGN <dev@frign.de>
Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2015 00:14:19 +0100
Finish up mktemp(1)
Diffstat:
2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/README b/README
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ The following tools are implemented ('*' == finished, '#' == UTF-8 support,
=* md5sum non-posix none
=* mkdir yes none
=* mkfifo yes none
-= mktemp non-posix none
+=* mktemp non-posix none
=* mv yes (-i)
=* nice yes none
= nl no -d, -f, -h, -l, -n, -p, -v, -w
diff --git a/mktemp.1 b/mktemp.1
@@ -3,25 +3,25 @@
.Os sbase
.Sh NAME
.Nm mktemp
-.Nd make temporary filename
+.Nd create temporary file or directory
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl dq
.Op Ar template
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
-takes the given filename template and overwrites a portion of it to create a
-unique filename. The template may be any filename with at least six `Xs'
-appended to it. If no template is specified a default of `tmp.XXXXXXXXXX' is
-used and the tmpdir is set to `/tmp' unless the TMPDIR envrionment variable
-has been set.
+creates a temporary file by generating a unique filename with
+.Ar template ,
+which has to have at least six 'X's appended to it. If no
+.Ar template
+is specified, a default of 'tmp.XXXXXXXXXX' is used and the
+tmpdir set to '/tmp' or, if set, the TMPDIR environment variable.
.Sh OPTIONS
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Fl d
-Make a directory instead of a file
+create a temporary directory instead of a file.
.It Fl q
-Fail silently if an error occurs. This is useful if a script
-does not want error output to go to standard error.
+Fail silently if an error occurs.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr mkdtemp 3 ,
