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Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin/mktemp/mktemp.1')
| -rw-r--r-- | usr.bin/mktemp/mktemp.1 | 5 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/mktemp/mktemp.1 b/usr.bin/mktemp/mktemp.1 index 08a4d33403b3..78308b397a1d 100644 --- a/usr.bin/mktemp/mktemp.1 +++ b/usr.bin/mktemp/mktemp.1 @@ -106,8 +106,9 @@ including one based on the internal template resulting from the .Fl t flag. .Pp -.Nm Mktemp -is provided to allow shell scripts to safely use temporary files. +The +.Nm +utility is provided to allow shell scripts to safely use temporary files. Traditionally, many shell scripts take the name of the program with the pid as a suffix and use that as a temporary file name. This kind of naming scheme is predictable and the race condition it creates |