Subject: mktemp(1) synopsis; calling it without arguments
To: None <tech-userlevel@netbsd.org>
From: Tilman Kranz <tilman.kranz@tk-sls.de>
List: tech-userlevel
Date: 09/15/2006 10:43:45 
Greetings,

I quote the manpage mktemp(1), SYNOPSIS:

   | mktemp [-d] [-q] [-t prefix] [-u] [template ...]

(1) It is my understanding that all arguments are optional.

However, if I issue

   $ mktemp

I get a message

   | usage: mktemp [-d] [-q] [-t prefix] [-u] [template ...]

and no action is performed, in contradiction to (1).

The truth appears to be that one of either "-t prefix" or
"template ..." must be present. Am I correct?

Greetings,
Tilman.