MKTEMP

Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (3)
Updated: April 3, 1993
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NAME

mktemp - make a unique temporary file name  

SYNOPSIS

#include <unistd.h>

char *mktemp(char *template);
 

DESCRIPTION

The mktemp() function generates a unique temporary file name from template. The last six characters of template must be XXXXXX and these are replaced with a string that makes the filename unique.  

RETURN VALUE

The mktemp() function returns a pointer to template on success, and NULL on failure.  

ERRORS

EINVAL
The last six characters of template were not XXXXXX.
 

CONFORMING TO

BSD 4.3. POSIX dictates tmpnam().  

SEE ALSO

mkstemp(3), tmpnam(3), tempnam(3), tmpfile(3)


 

Index

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
RETURN VALUE
ERRORS
CONFORMING TO
SEE ALSO

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