[9032] in Athena Bugs
vax 7.3P: mktemp(3)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (mhpower@Athena.MIT.EDU)
Mon Mar 2 12:28:04 1992
From: mhpower@Athena.MIT.EDU
To: bugs@Athena.MIT.EDU
Date: Mon, 02 Mar 92 12:27:48 EST
System name: oliver
Type and version: MVAX-II 7.3P (1 update(s) to same version)
Display type: QVSS
What were you trying to do?
Create some temporary file names using mktemp(3), and then
open the files.
What's wrong:
The man page says that the XXXXXX in the template (I used
/tmp/lose.XXXXXX) "are replaced with the current process id
and a unique letter". However, the first file name generated
was /tmp/lose.019997 (0 is not a letter). Also, the man page
does not specify what happens after the 26th name. For calls
after the 26th, the template appears to be replaced by the
26th unique name (/tmp/lose.y19997), and the returned value
of mktemp appears to be /.
What should have happened:
The unique letters should have ranged from a to z, not 0 to y.
The returned values should have matched the template in all
cases; / should not have been returned.
Please describe any relevant documentation references:
mktemp(3)
