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authorClint Adams <clint@debian.org>2012-06-27 21:43:15 -0400
committerClint Adams <clint@debian.org>2012-06-27 21:43:15 -0400
commit073924fe808826403f9d97e87daa67312fb52629 (patch)
tree0309b9766ada9149acd87a695d51ca8faf61ff18
parent79f7d0c3edc297620108d06dba39b6a174223eb7 (diff)
downloaddebianutils-073924fe808826403f9d97e87daa67312fb52629.tar.gz
tempfile(1): note that tempfile cannot create directories. closes: #457974.
-rw-r--r--tempfile.16
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/tempfile.1 b/tempfile.1
index ace3322..130cce0 100644
--- a/tempfile.1
+++ b/tempfile.1
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
.\" -*- nroff -*-
-.TH TEMPFILE 1 "30 May 2011" "Debian"
+.TH TEMPFILE 1 "27 Jun 2012" "Debian"
.SH NAME
tempfile \- create a temporary file in a safe manner
.SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -72,8 +72,8 @@ An exit status of 0 means the temporary file was created successfully.
Any other exit status indicates an error.
.SH BUGS
Exclusive creation is not guaranteed when creating files on NFS
-partitions. tempfile is deprecated; you should use mktemp(1)
-instead.
+partitions. tempfile cannot make temporary directories.
+tempfile is deprecated; you should use mktemp(1) instead.
.SH EXAMPLE
.RS