Kaydet (Commit) 4b9ed2f3 authored tarafından Fred Drake's avatar Fred Drake

Clarified documentation of tempnam().

Closes SF bug #635656.
üst cab94a19
......@@ -972,6 +972,10 @@ files if \var{dir} is omitted or \code{None}. If given and not
filename. Applications are responsible for properly creating and
managing files created using paths returned by \function{tempnam()};
no automatic cleanup is provided.
On \UNIX, the environment variable \envvar{TMPDIR} overrides
\var{dir}, while on Windows the \envvar{TMP} is used. The specific
behavior of this function depends on the C library implementation;
some aspects are underspecified in system documentation.
\warning{Use of \function{tempnam()} is vulnerable to symlink attacks;
consider using \function{tmpfile()} instead.}
Availability: \UNIX, Windows.
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