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Re: tempfile(1) in "(coreutils) shred invocation"
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Eric Blake |
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Re: tempfile(1) in "(coreutils) shred invocation" |
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Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:51:59 -0700 |
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On 03/12/2010 08:15 PM, Thien-Thi Nguyen wrote:
> Should coreutils docs mention tempfile(1),
> which is AFAICT not in coreutils?
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> Is there a coreutils-only way to effect "tempfile -m 0600"?
Seems like it might be a reasonable thing to add to mktemp(1). But
mktemp already generates 0600 by default.
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> This came up in the context of studying:
> <http://git.debian.org/?p=users/rfrancoise/rcs.git;a=blob;f=debian/patches/0004-Security-fixes.patch;h=cb7347d626e1a4593ac492066953988c81659119;hb=ac72d03ca695649ad311a295246595ab0e5e489e>
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> for integration into GNU RCS. It seems that tempfile(1) is Debian-specific.
What does tempfile(1) do that mktemp(1) does not?
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