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| -rw-r--r-- | src/fileio.c | 6 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/fileio.c b/src/fileio.c index 8d5e32eb426..dfa144a6607 100644 --- a/src/fileio.c +++ b/src/fileio.c @@ -846,7 +846,11 @@ so there is no danger of generating a name being used by another process.\n\ \n\ In addition, this function makes an attempt to choose a name\n\ which has no existing file. To make this work,\n\ -PREFIX should be an absolute file name.") +PREFIX should be an absolute file name.\n\ +\n\ +There is a race condition between calling `make-temp-name' and creating the +file which opens all kinds of security holes. For that reason, you should +probably use `make-temp-file' instead.") (prefix) Lisp_Object prefix; { |