(split) LDP: Update original to LDP v3.63

[linuxjm/LDP_man-pages.git] / original / man3 / mkstemp.3

diff --git a/original/man3/mkstemp.3 b/original/man3/mkstemp.3
index 40cd7e6..d2367bb 100644 (file)
--- a/original/man3/mkstemp.3
+++ b/original/man3/mkstemp.3
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 .\" Modified 990328, aeb
 .\" 2008-06-19, mtk, Added mkostemp(); various other changes
 .\"
-.TH MKSTEMP 3  2012-12-21 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH MKSTEMP 3  2013-12-28 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
 .SH NAME
 mkstemp, mkostemp, mkstemps, mkostemps \- create a unique temporary file
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -101,13 +101,32 @@ The
 .BR mkostemp ()
 function is like
 .BR mkstemp (),
-with the difference that flags as for
-.BR open (2)
-may be specified in
-.IR flags
-(e.g.,
+with the difference that the following bits\(emwith the same meaning as for
+.BR open (2)\(emmay
+be specified in
+.IR flags :
 .BR O_APPEND ,
-.BR O_SYNC ).
+.BR O_CLOEXEC ,
+and
+.BR O_SYNC .
+Note that when creating the file,
+.BR mkostemp ()
+includes the values
+.BR O_RDWR ,
+.BR O_CREAT ,
+and
+.BR O_EXCL
+in the
+.I flags
+argument given to
+.BR open (2);
+including these values in the
+.I flags
+argument given to
+.BR mkostemp ()
+is unnecessary, and produces errors on some
+.\" Reportedly, FreeBSD
+systems.
 
 The
 .BR mkstemps ()