source: final-system/common/mktemp.xml @ ede92d9

Last change on this file since ede92d9 was ede92d9, checked in by Jim Gifford <clfs@…>, 18 years ago

r1119@server (orig r1117): chris | 2006-01-31 17:59:55 -0800
Updated package dependencies

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1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
2<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN"
3  "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [
4  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
5  %general-entities;
6]>
7
8<sect1 id="ch-system-mktemp" role="wrap">
9  <?dbhtml filename="mktemp.html"?>
10
11  <title>Mktemp-&mktemp-version;</title>
12
13  <indexterm zone="ch-system-mktemp">
14    <primary sortas="a-Mktemp">Mktemp</primary>
15  </indexterm>
16
17  <sect2 role="package">
18    <title/>
19
20    <para>The Mktemp package contains programs used to create secure
21    temporary files in shell scripts.</para>
22
23    <segmentedlist>
24      <segtitle>&dependencies;</segtitle>
25
26      <seglistitem>
27        <seg>Bash, Coreutils, Make, Patch, and Zlib</seg>
28      </seglistitem>
29    </segmentedlist>
30
31  </sect2>
32
33  <sect2 role="installation">
34    <title>Installation of Mktemp</title>
35
36    <para os="a">Many scripts still use the deprecated <command>tempfile</command>
37    program, which has functionality similar to <command>mktemp</command>.
38    Patch Mktemp to include a <command>tempfile</command> wrapper:</para>
39
40<screen os="b"><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&mktemp-tempfile-patch;</userinput></screen>
41
42    <para os="c">Prepare Mktemp for compilation:</para>
43
44<screen os="d"><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --with-libc</userinput></screen>
45
46    <variablelist os="e">
47      <title>The meaning of the configure option:</title>
48
49      <varlistentry>
50        <term><parameter>--with-libc</parameter></term>
51        <listitem>
52          <para>This causes the <command>mktemp</command> program to use the
53          <emphasis>mkstemp</emphasis> and <emphasis>mkdtemp</emphasis>
54          functions from the system C library.</para>
55        </listitem>
56      </varlistentry>
57    </variablelist>
58
59    <para os="f">Compile the package:</para>
60
61<screen os="g"><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
62
63    <para os="h">Install the package:</para>
64
65<screen os="i"><userinput>make install
66make install-tempfile</userinput></screen>
67
68  </sect2>
69
70  <sect2 id="contents-mktemp" role="content">
71    <title>Contents of Mktemp</title>
72
73    <segmentedlist>
74      <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
75
76      <seglistitem>
77        <seg>mktemp and tempfile</seg>
78      </seglistitem>
79    </segmentedlist>
80
81    <variablelist>
82      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
83      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
84      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
85
86      <varlistentry id="mktemp">
87        <term><command>mktemp</command></term>
88        <listitem>
89          <para>Creates temporary files in a secure manner; it is used in
90          scripts</para>
91          <indexterm zone="ch-system-mktemp mktemp">
92            <primary sortas="b-mktemp">mktemp</primary>
93          </indexterm>
94        </listitem>
95      </varlistentry>
96
97      <varlistentry id="tempfile">
98        <term><command>tempfile</command></term>
99        <listitem>
100          <para>Creates temporary files in a less secure manner than
101          <command>mktemp</command>; it is installed for
102          backwards-compatibility</para>
103          <indexterm zone="ch-system-mktemp tempfile">
104            <primary sortas="b-tempfile">tempfile</primary>
105          </indexterm>
106        </listitem>
107      </varlistentry>
108
109    </variablelist>
110
111  </sect2>
112
113</sect1>
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