https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=261437
Bug ID: 261437
Summary: outdated mktemp(1) examples
Product: Documentation
Version: Latest
Hardware: Any
OS: Any
Status: New
Severity: Affects Many People
Priority: ---
Component: Manual Pages
Assignee: b...@freebsd.org
Reporter: wo...@freebsd.org
CC: d...@freebsd.org
The manual page for mktemp(1)
https://man.freebsd.org/mktemp/1
has examples for temporary filenames as
/tmp/temp.XXXX
TMPFILE=`mktemp /tmp/${tempfoo}.XXXXXX` || exit 1
Using 4 or 6 X was probably ok 20 years ago, but not anymore. Best practice is
to use 10 X. Given that our users often copy & paste examples from our manual
pages we should update the documentation.
PS: same for mkstemp(3)
https://man.freebsd.org/mkstemp/3
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