--- a/NEWS	Mon Mar 26 16:11:33 2018 -0700
+++ b/NEWS	Mon Mar 26 16:38:58 2018 -0700
@@ -302,6 +302,7 @@
       ---------------------|------------------
       chop                 | sprintf for visual results
       desktop              | isguirunning
+      tmpnam               | tempname
       toascii              | double
 
  ** The following functions were deprecated in Octave 4.0 and have been

--- a/scripts/deprecated/module.mk	Mon Mar 26 16:11:33 2018 -0700
+++ b/scripts/deprecated/module.mk	Mon Mar 26 16:38:58 2018 -0700
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
   %reldir%/paren.m \
   %reldir%/semicolon.m \
   %reldir%/sleep.m \
+  %reldir%/tmpnam.m \
   %reldir%/toascii.m \
   %reldir%/usleep.m \
   %reldir%/wavread.m \

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/scripts/deprecated/tmpnam.m	Mon Mar 26 16:38:58 2018 -0700
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+## Copyright (C) 2003-2018 John W. Eaton
+##
+## This file is part of Octave.
+##
+## Octave is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+## under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+## the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+## (at your option) any later version.
+##
+## Octave is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+## WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+## MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+## GNU General Public License for more details.
+##
+## You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+## along with Octave; see the file COPYING.  If not, see
+## <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+## -*- texinfo -*-
+## @deftypefn  {} {@var{fname} =} tmpnam ()
+## @deftypefnx {} {@var{fname} =} tmpnam (@var{dir})
+## @deftypefnx {} {@var{fname} =} tmpnam (@var{dir}, @var{prefix})
+## @code{tmpnam} is deprecated and will be removed in Octave version 4.8.
+## Use @code{tempname} instead.
+##
+## Return a unique temporary filename as a string.
+##
+## If @var{prefix} is omitted, a value of @qcode{"oct-"} is used.
+##
+## If @var{dir} is also omitted, the default directory for temporary files
+## (@code{P_tmpdir} is used.  If @var{dir} is provided, it must exist,
+## otherwise the default directory for temporary files is used.
+##
+## Programming Note: Because the named file is not opened by @code{tmpnam},
+## it is possible, though relatively unlikely, that it will not be available
+## by the time your program attempts to open it.  If this is a concern,
+## see @code{tmpfile}.  The functions @code{tmpnam} and @code{tempname} are
+## equivalent with the latter provided for @sc{matlab} compatibility.
+##
+## @strong{Caution}: @code{tmpnam} will be removed in Octave version 4.8, or
+## whatever the version number is two releases from 4.4. Use the equivalent
+## @code{tempname} in all new code.
+## @seealso{tempname, mkstemp, tempdir, P_tmpdir, tmpfile}
+## @end deftypefn
+
+function filename = tmpnam (varargin)
+
+  persistent warned = false;
+  if (! warned)
+    warned = true;
+    warning ("Octave:deprecated-function",
+             "tmpnam is obsolete and will be removed from a future version of Octave, please use tempname instead");
+  endif
+
+  filename = tempname (varargin{:});
+
+endfunction
+
+
+## No tests needed for alias.
+%!assert (1)

--- a/scripts/miscellaneous/module.mk	Mon Mar 26 16:11:33 2018 -0700
+++ b/scripts/miscellaneous/module.mk	Mon Mar 26 16:38:58 2018 -0700
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@
   %reldir%/symvar.m \
   %reldir%/tar.m \
   %reldir%/tempdir.m \
-  %reldir%/tmpnam.m \
   %reldir%/unix.m \
   %reldir%/unpack.m \
   %reldir%/untar.m \

--- a/scripts/miscellaneous/tmpnam.m	Mon Mar 26 16:11:33 2018 -0700
+++ /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-## Copyright (C) 2003-2017 John W. Eaton
-##
-## This file is part of Octave.
-##
-## Octave is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
-## under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-## the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-## (at your option) any later version.
-##
-## Octave is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
-## WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-## MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-## GNU General Public License for more details.
-##
-## You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-## along with Octave; see the file COPYING.  If not, see
-## <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-
-## -*- texinfo -*-
-## @deftypefn  {} {@var{fname} =} tmpnam ()
-## @deftypefnx {} {@var{fname} =} tmpnam (@var{dir})
-## @deftypefnx {} {@var{fname} =} tmpnam (@var{dir}, @var{prefix})
-## Return a unique temporary filename as a string.
-##
-## If @var{prefix} is omitted, a value of @qcode{"oct-"} is used.
-##
-## If @var{dir} is also omitted, the default directory for temporary files
-## (@code{P_tmpdir} is used.  If @var{dir} is provided, it must exist,
-## otherwise the default directory for temporary files is used.
-##
-## Programming Note: Because the named file is not opened by @code{tmpnam},
-## it is possible, though relatively unlikely, that it will not be available
-## by the time your program attempts to open it.  If this is a concern,
-## see @code{tmpfile}.  The functions @code{tmpnam} and @code{tempname} are
-## equivalent with the latter provided for @sc{matlab} compatibility.
-##
-## @strong{Caution}: @code{tmpnam} will be removed in a future version of
-## Octave.  Use the equivalent @code{tempname} in all new code.
-## @seealso{tempname, mkstemp, tempdir, P_tmpdir, tmpfile}
-## @end deftypefn
-
-function filename = tmpnam (varargin)
-
-  filename = tempname (varargin{:});
-
-endfunction
-
-
-## No tests needed for alias.
-%!assert (1)