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Bug#545721: info: No menu item `mktemp invocation' in node `(coreutils.i


From: jidanni
Subject: Bug#545721: info: No menu item `mktemp invocation' in node `(coreutils.info.gz)Top'.
Date: Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:54:11 +0800

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Package: coreutils
Version: 7.5-3
Severity: minor

$ man mktemp|col -b|grep -C 3 'info coreutils'
       The  full  documentation for mktemp is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  
If the info and mktemp programs are prop
       erly installed at your site, the command

              info coreutils 'mktemp invocation'

       should give you access to the complete manual.

$ info coreutils 'mktemp invocation' 1>&-
info: No menu item `mktemp invocation' in node `(coreutils.info.gz)Top'.

P.S., the man page should say what directory the temp file ends up in if
no options are given. Maybe it currently does but one has to look among
the options to find out.

Also mention what "Create a temporary file or directory, safely" means.
Guaranteed not to overwrite any other existing file perhaps, and ...






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