Re: temp file suffixes: mktemp DWIM

[Eric Blake]

Eric Blake <ebb9 <at> byu.net> writes:

> 
> Eric Blake <ebb9 <at> byu.net> writes:
> 
> > Before I do that, how about documenting what mktemp currently does.  The 
> > proposed patch documents the current behavior, although it probably needs 
> some 
> > tweaks (and corresponding tweaks in mktemp.c) based this email.
> 
> I noticed this when rereading my patch.  I'll be pushing this soon...

after squashing this in, too:

diff --git i/doc/coreutils.texi w/doc/coreutils.texi
index d24a92c..3721bee 100644
--- i/doc/coreutils.texi
+++ w/doc/coreutils.texi
@@ -12187,12 +12187,12 @@ mktemp invocation
 can create an object by the same name.

 @item -p @var{dir}
address@hidden address@hidden
address@hidden address@hidden
 @opindex -p
address@hidden --tempdir
address@hidden --tmpdir
 Treat @var{template} relative to the directory @var{dir}.  If
 @var{dir} is not specified (only possible with the long option
address@hidden) or is the empty string, use the value of
address@hidden) or is the empty string, use the value of
 @env{TMPDIR} if available, otherwise use @samp{/tmp}.  If this is
 specified, @var{template} must not be absolute.  However,
 @var{template} can still contain slashes, although intermediate