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Diffstat (limited to 'lib')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/ephy-file-helpers.c | 13 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/lib/ephy-file-helpers.c b/lib/ephy-file-helpers.c index d34545a18..5b255fe5e 100644 --- a/lib/ephy-file-helpers.c +++ b/lib/ephy-file-helpers.c @@ -164,14 +164,17 @@ ephy_file_desktop_dir (void) /** * ephy_file_tmp_filename: - * @base: the base name of the temp file to create + * @base: the base name of the temp file to create, containing "XXXXXX" * @extension: an optional extension for @base or %NULL * - * Creates a temp file with mkstemp() using @base as the name with an optional - * @extension. + * Gets a usable temp filename with g_mkstemp() using @base as the name + * with an optional @extension. @base should contain "XXXXXX" in it. * - * Returns: a newly-allocated string containing the name of the created temp - * file or %NULL. + * Notice that this does not create the file. It only gets a valid + * filename. + * + * Returns: a newly-allocated string containing the name of the temp + * file name or %NULL. **/ char * ephy_file_tmp_filename (const char *base, |