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retrieving revision 1.12
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*** src/usr.bin/mktemp/mktemp.1	1999/07/02 20:11:45	1.11
--- src/usr.bin/mktemp/mktemp.1	1999/08/05 09:19:35	1.12
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*** 1,4 ****
! .\"	$OpenBSD: mktemp.1,v 1.11 1999/07/02 20:11:45 aaron Exp $
  .\"
  .\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1991, 1993
  .\"	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
--- 1,4 ----
! .\"	$OpenBSD: mktemp.1,v 1.12 1999/08/05 09:19:35 millert Exp $
  .\"
  .\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1991, 1993
  .\"	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
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*** 53,59 ****
  .Ql X Ns s
  appended
  to it, for example
! .Pa /tmp/temp.XXXXXX .
  The trailing
  .Ql X Ns s
  are replaced with the current process number and/or a
--- 53,59 ----
  .Ql X Ns s
  appended
  to it, for example
! .Pa /tmp/temp.XXXXXXXXXX .
  The trailing
  .Ql X Ns s
  are replaced with the current process number and/or a
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*** 120,136 ****
  where the script should quit if it cannot get a safe
  temporary file.
  .Bd -literal -offset indent
! TMPFILE=`mktemp /tmp/$0.XXXXXX` || exit 1
  echo "program output" >> $TMPFILE
  .Ed
  .Pp
! In this case, we want the script to catch the error itself.
  .Bd -literal -offset indent
! TMPFILE=`mktemp -q /tmp/$0.XXXXXX`
  if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
  	echo "$0: Can't create temp file, exiting..."
  	exit 1
  fi
  .Ed
  .Sh SEE ALSO
  .Xr mkdtemp 3 ,
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  where the script should quit if it cannot get a safe
  temporary file.
  .Bd -literal -offset indent
! TMPFILE=`mktemp /tmp/$0.XXXXXXXXXX` || exit 1
  echo "program output" >> $TMPFILE
  .Ed
  .Pp
! In this case, we want the script to catch the error ourselves.
  .Bd -literal -offset indent
! TMPFILE=`mktemp -q /tmp/$0.XXXXXXXXXX`
  if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
  	echo "$0: Can't create temp file, exiting..."
  	exit 1
  fi
+ .Ed
+ .Pp
+ Or perhaps you don't want to exit if
+ .Nm
+ is unable to create the file.  In this case you can protect the
+ part of the script thusly.
+ .Bd -literal -offset indent
+ TMPFILE=`mktemp /tmp/$0.XXXXXXXXXX` && {
+ 	# Safe to use $TMPFILE in this block
+ 	echo data > $TMPFILE
+ 	...
+ 	rm -f $TMPFILE
+ }
  .Ed
  .Sh SEE ALSO
  .Xr mkdtemp 3 ,