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+.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: Linux-man-pages-copyleft
.\"
.\" 2003-11-15, aeb, added tmpnam_r
.\"
-.TH TMPNAM 3 2016-03-15 "" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH tmpnam 3 (date) "Linux man-pages (unreleased)"
.SH NAME
tmpnam, tmpnam_r \- create a name for a temporary file
+.SH LIBRARY
+Standard C library
+.RI ( libc ", " \-lc )
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.B #include <stdio.h>
-
-.BI "char *tmpnam(char *" s );
-.BI "char *tmpnam_r(char *" s );
+.P
+.BI "[[deprecated]] char *tmpnam(char *" s );
+.BI "[[deprecated]] char *tmpnam_r(char *" s );
.fi
-.sp
-.in -4n
+.P
+.RS -4
Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see
.BR feature_test_macros (7)):
-.in
-.sp
-.BR tmpnam_r ()
-.PD 0
-.ad l
-.RS 4
-.TP 4
-Since glibc 2.19:
-_DEFAULT_SOURCE
-.TP
-Up to and including glibc 2.19:
-_BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE
.RE
-.ad
-.PD
+.P
+.BR tmpnam_r ()
+.nf
+ Since glibc 2.19:
+ _DEFAULT_SOURCE
+ Up to and including glibc 2.19:
+ _BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE
+.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B Note:
avoid using these functions; use
or
.BR tmpfile (3)
instead.
-
+.P
The
.BR tmpnam ()
function returns a pointer to a string that is a valid filename,
and the value
.I s
is returned in case of success.
-.LP
-The pathname that is created, has a directory prefix
+.P
+The created pathname has a directory prefix
.IR P_tmpdir .
(Both
.I L_tmpnam
just like the
.B TMP_MAX
mentioned below.)
-
+.P
The
.BR tmpnam_r ()
function performs the same task as
.BR attributes (7).
.TS
allbox;
-lb lb lb
+lbx lb lb
l l l.
Interface Attribute Value
T{
+.na
+.nh
.BR tmpnam ()
T} Thread safety MT-Unsafe race:tmpnam/!s
T{
+.na
+.nh
.BR tmpnam_r ()
T} Thread safety MT-Safe
.TE
-.SH CONFORMING TO
-.BR tmpnam ():
-SVr4, 4.3BSD, C89, C99, POSIX.1-2001.
-POSIX.1-2008 marks
+.SH STANDARDS
+.TP
.BR tmpnam ()
-as obsolete.
-
+C11, POSIX.1-2008.
+.TP
+.BR tmpnam_r ()
+None.
+.SH HISTORY
+.TP
+.BR tmpnam ()
+SVr4, 4.3BSD, C89, POSIX.1-2001.
+Obsolete in POSIX.1-2008.
+.TP
.BR tmpnam_r ()
-is a nonstandard extension that is also available
-.\" Appears to be on Solaris
-on a few other systems.
+Solaris.
.SH NOTES
The
.BR tmpnam ()
.B TMP_MAX
times,
the behavior is implementation defined.
-.LP
+.P
Although these functions generate names that are difficult to guess,
it is nevertheless possible that between the time that
the pathname is returned and the time that the program opens it,
.BR mkstemp (3)
or
.BR tmpfile (3).
-.LP
+.P
Portable applications that use threads cannot call
.BR tmpnam ()
with a NULL argument if either
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