On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 09:55:30AM +0200, Casper.Dik at Sun.COM wrote: > > >/usr/bin already has an mktemp. How does it differ from the GNU > >version? Ah, there's an option conflict, sadly (-u is "--dry-run" in > >GNU, but "unsafe operation" in Solaris). > > Solaris' mktemp takes after the OpenBSD mktemp.
What is the point of the Solaris mktemp(1) -u option though? Why would anyone choose "unsafe operation"?