Commit 178f812f authored by Fred Drake's avatar Fred Drake

Logical markup.

parent c4f79e4b
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\indexii{temporary}{file name}
\indexii{temporary}{file}
\setindexsubitem{(in module tempfile)}
This module generates temporary file names. It is not \UNIX{} specific,
but it may require some help on non-\UNIX{} systems.
......@@ -22,30 +21,30 @@ will return the same filename.
The module uses two global variables that tell it how to construct a
temporary name. The caller may assign values to them; by default they
are initialized at the first call to \code{mktemp()}.
are initialized at the first call to \function{mktemp()}.
\begin{datadesc}{tempdir}
When set to a value other than \code{None}, this variable defines the
directory in which filenames returned by \code{mktemp()} reside. The
default is taken from the environment variable \code{TMPDIR}; if this
is not set, either \file{/usr/tmp} is used (on \UNIX{}), or the current
working directory (all other systems). No check is made to see
whether its value is valid.
directory in which filenames returned by \function{mktemp()} reside.
The default is taken from the environment variable \code{TMPDIR}; if
this is not set, either \file{/usr/tmp} is used (on \UNIX{}), or the
current working directory (all other systems). No check is made to
see whether its value is valid.
\end{datadesc}
\ttindex{TMPDIR}
\begin{datadesc}{template}
When set to a value other than \code{None}, this variable defines the
prefix of the final component of the filenames returned by
\code{mktemp()}. A string of decimal digits is added to generate
\function{mktemp()}. A string of decimal digits is added to generate
unique filenames. The default is either \file{@\var{pid}.} where
\var{pid} is the current process ID (on \UNIX{}), or \file{tmp} (all
other systems).
\end{datadesc}
Warning: if a \UNIX{} process uses \code{mktemp()}, then calls
\code{fork()} and both parent and child continue to use
\code{mktemp()}, the processes will generate conflicting temporary
\strong{Warning:} if a \UNIX{} process uses \code{mktemp()}, then
calls \function{fork()} and both parent and child continue to use
\function{mktemp()}, the processes will generate conflicting temporary
names. To resolve this, the child process should assign \code{None}
to \code{template}, to force recomputing the default on the next call
to \code{mktemp()}.
to \function{mktemp()}.
......@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
\indexii{temporary}{file name}
\indexii{temporary}{file}
\setindexsubitem{(in module tempfile)}
This module generates temporary file names. It is not \UNIX{} specific,
but it may require some help on non-\UNIX{} systems.
......@@ -22,30 +21,30 @@ will return the same filename.
The module uses two global variables that tell it how to construct a
temporary name. The caller may assign values to them; by default they
are initialized at the first call to \code{mktemp()}.
are initialized at the first call to \function{mktemp()}.
\begin{datadesc}{tempdir}
When set to a value other than \code{None}, this variable defines the
directory in which filenames returned by \code{mktemp()} reside. The
default is taken from the environment variable \code{TMPDIR}; if this
is not set, either \file{/usr/tmp} is used (on \UNIX{}), or the current
working directory (all other systems). No check is made to see
whether its value is valid.
directory in which filenames returned by \function{mktemp()} reside.
The default is taken from the environment variable \code{TMPDIR}; if
this is not set, either \file{/usr/tmp} is used (on \UNIX{}), or the
current working directory (all other systems). No check is made to
see whether its value is valid.
\end{datadesc}
\ttindex{TMPDIR}
\begin{datadesc}{template}
When set to a value other than \code{None}, this variable defines the
prefix of the final component of the filenames returned by
\code{mktemp()}. A string of decimal digits is added to generate
\function{mktemp()}. A string of decimal digits is added to generate
unique filenames. The default is either \file{@\var{pid}.} where
\var{pid} is the current process ID (on \UNIX{}), or \file{tmp} (all
other systems).
\end{datadesc}
Warning: if a \UNIX{} process uses \code{mktemp()}, then calls
\code{fork()} and both parent and child continue to use
\code{mktemp()}, the processes will generate conflicting temporary
\strong{Warning:} if a \UNIX{} process uses \code{mktemp()}, then
calls \function{fork()} and both parent and child continue to use
\function{mktemp()}, the processes will generate conflicting temporary
names. To resolve this, the child process should assign \code{None}
to \code{template}, to force recomputing the default on the next call
to \code{mktemp()}.
to \function{mktemp()}.
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