MKSTEMP
Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (3)
Updated: April 3, 1993
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NAME
mkstemp - create a unique temporary file
SYNOPSIS
#include <unistd.h>
int *mkstemp(char *template);
DESCRIPTION
The mkstemp() 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. The file is then created with mode read/write and
permissions 0666.
RETURN VALUE
The mkstemp() function returns the file descriptor fd of the
temporary file.
ERRORS
- EINVAL
-
The last six characters of template were not XXXXXX.
- EEXIST
-
The temporary file is not unique.
CONFORMING TO
BSD 4.3
SEE ALSO
mktemp(3), tmpnam(3), tempnam(3), tmpfile(3)
Index
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