mkdtemp() is present in POSIX 1003.1-2008

Add a warning about using less than 6 Xs causing an error on some systems

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/lib/libc/stdio/mktemp.3 b/lib/libc/stdio/mktemp.3
index 34c2a341fd6..9991792223d 100644
--- a/lib/libc/stdio/mktemp.3
+++ b/lib/libc/stdio/mktemp.3
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$OpenBSD: mktemp.3,v 1.46 2011/01/07 21:57:01 nicm Exp $
+.\"	$OpenBSD: mktemp.3,v 1.47 2011/01/10 20:59:14 millert Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1991, 1993
 .\"	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
 .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: January 7 2011 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: January 10 2011 $
 .Dt MKTEMP 3
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ depends on the number of Xs provided; six Xs will result in
 .Fn mktemp
 testing roughly 62 ** 6 combinations.
 At least 6 Xs should be used, though 10 is much better.
+Some
+.No non- Ns Bx
+implementations return an error if fewer than 6 Xs are used.
 .Pp
 The
 .Fn mktemp
@@ -256,23 +259,18 @@ function.
 .Xr tmpnam 3
 .Sh STANDARDS
 The
-.Fn mktemp
+.Fn mkdtemp
 and
 .Fn mkstemp
 functions conform to the
-.St -xpg4 ,
-but
-.Fn mktemp
-is marked as legacy.
+.St -p1003.1-2008 .
 The ability to specify more than six Xs and setting
 .Xr errno 2
-in case of errors are extensions to this standard.
+in case of errors are extensions to the standard.
 .Pp
 The
-.Fn mkdtemp
-and
 .Fn mkstemps
-functions are non-standard and should not be used if portability is required.
+function is non-standard and should not be used if portability is required.
 .Sh HISTORY
 A
 .Fn mktemp