From aa2159e1a3eeb0c82bee22c54a8739d578639761 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Clint Adams <schizo@debian.org>
Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 11:16:06 -0500
Subject: import all changes from the bzr branch as a single changeset

---
 tempfile.1 | 19 ++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

(limited to 'tempfile.1')

diff --git a/tempfile.1 b/tempfile.1
index 904f4cd..69a9f36 100644
--- a/tempfile.1
+++ b/tempfile.1
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 .\" -*- nroff -*-
-.TH TEMPFILE 1 "20 December 2004" "Debian"
+.TH TEMPFILE 1 "3 June 2007" "Debian"
 .SH NAME
 tempfile \- create a temporary file in a safe manner
-.SH SYNOPSYS
+.SH SYNOPSIS
 .B tempfile
 [\-d DIR] [\-p STRING] [\-s STRING] [\-m MODE] [\-n FILE] [\-\-directory=DIR]
 [\-\-prefix=STRING] [\-\-suffix=STRING] [\-\-mode=MODE] [\-\-name=FILE] [\-\-help] [\-\-version]
@@ -14,11 +14,12 @@ creates a temporary file in a safe manner.  It uses
 to choose the name and opens it with O_RDWR | O_CREAT | O_EXCL.  The filename
 is printed on standard output.
 .PP
-The directory to place the file is searched for in the following order:
+The directory in which to create the file might be searched for in this
+order:
 .IP a)
 The directory specified by the environment variable
 .BR TMPDIR ,
-if it is writable.
+if it exists.
 .IP b)
 The directory specified by the
 .B --directory
@@ -26,6 +27,10 @@ argument, if given.
 .IP c)
 The directory
 .IR /tmp .
+.PP
+See
+.BR tempnam (3)
+for the actual steps involved in directory selection.
 .SH OPTIONS
 .TP
 .BI "-d, --directory " DIR
@@ -46,12 +51,12 @@ Use FILE for the name instead of
 The options -d, -p, and -s are ignored if this option is given.
 .TP
 .B "--help"
-Print a usage message on standard output and exit succesfully.
+Print a usage message on standard output and exit successfully.
 .TP
 .B "--version"
-Print version information on standard output and exist succesfully.
+Print version information on standard output and exit successfully.
 .SH RETURN VALUES
-An exit status of 0 means the temporary file was created succesfully.
+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
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