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Last change on this file since e403b99 was 978d0bf, checked in by Alex Gronenwoud <alex@…>, 21 years ago

Changing the style of the command descriptions in appendix A.

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1<sect2><title>&nbsp;</title><para>&nbsp;</para></sect2>
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3<sect2><title>Descriptions</title>
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5<para>(Last checked against version &lfs-utils-contversion;.)</para>
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7<sect3><title>Program file descriptions</title>
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9<para><command>mktemp</command> creates temporary files in a secure manner.
10It is used in scripts.</para>
11
12<para><command>tempfile</command> creates temporary files in a less secure
13manner than <userinput>mktemp</userinput>. It is installed for
14backwards-compatibility.</para>
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16<para>The <command>http-get</command> script takes advantage of a little known
17feature of <userinput>bash</userinput> called "net redirection". It is used to
18download from websites without using any other programs.</para>
19
20<para><command>iana-net</command> uses the <userinput>http-get</userinput>
21script to simplify the process of procuring IANA's services and protocols
22configuration files.</para>
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24</sect3>
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26</sect2>
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