Clarify documentation for mkdtemp.

[libguestfs.git] / src / generator.ml

diff --git a/src/generator.ml b/src/generator.ml
index f1a9a45..86f2fe2 100755 (executable)
--- a/src/generator.ml
+++ b/src/generator.ml
@@ -2442,6 +2442,31 @@ containing C<dir>.
 It is an interface to the L<scrub(1)> program.  See that
 manual page for more details.");
 
+  ("mkdtemp", (RString "dir", [String "template"]), 117, [],
+   [InitBasicFS, Always, TestRun (
+      [["mkdir"; "/tmp"];
+       ["mkdtemp"; "/tmp/tmpXXXXXX"]])],
+   "create a temporary directory",
+   "\
+This command creates a temporary directory.  The
+C<template> parameter should be a full pathname for the
+temporary directory name with the final six characters being
+\"XXXXXX\".
+
+For example: \"/tmp/myprogXXXXXX\" or \"/Temp/myprogXXXXXX\",
+the second one being suitable for Windows filesystems.
+
+The name of the temporary directory that was created
+is returned.
+
+The temporary directory is created with mode 0700
+and is owned by root.
+
+The caller is responsible for deleting the temporary
+directory and its contents after use.
+
+See also: L<mkdtemp(3)>");
+
 ]
 
 let all_functions = non_daemon_functions @ daemon_functions
@@ -7829,6 +7854,19 @@ and generate_lang_bindtests call =
 
   (* XXX Add here tests of the return and error functions. *)
 
+(* This is used to generate the src/MAX_PROC_NR file which
+ * contains the maximum procedure number, a surrogate for the
+ * ABI version number.  See src/Makefile.am for the details.
+ *)
+and generate_max_proc_nr () =
+  let proc_nrs = List.map (
+    fun (_, _, proc_nr, _, _, _, _) -> proc_nr
+  ) daemon_functions in
+
+  let max_proc_nr = List.fold_left max 0 proc_nrs in
+
+  pr "%d\n" max_proc_nr
+
 let output_to filename =
   let filename_new = filename ^ ".new" in
   chan := open_out filename_new;
@@ -8001,3 +8039,7 @@ Run it from the top source directory using the command
   let close = output_to "haskell/bindtests.hs" in
   generate_haskell_bindtests ();
   close ();
+
+  let close = output_to "src/MAX_PROC_NR" in
+  generate_max_proc_nr ();
+  close ();