Name

mktemp — create a temporary file or directory

Synopsis

mktemp [OPTION...] [TEMPLATE]

DESCRIPTION

Create a temporary file or directory, safely, and print its name. If TEMPLATE is not specified, use tmp.XXXXXXXXXX.

−d, −−directory

create a directory, not a file

−q, −−quiet

suppress diagnostics about file/dir−creation failure

−u, −−dry−run

do not create anything; merely print a name (unsafe)

−−tmpdir[=DIR]

interpret TEMPLATE relative to DIR. If DIR is not specified, use $TMPDIR if set, else /tmp. With this option, TEMPLATE must not be an absolute name. Unlike with −t, TEMPLATE may contain slashes, but even here, mktemp still creates only the final component.

−p DIR

use DIR as a prefix; implies −t [deprecated]

−t

interpret TEMPLATE as a single file name component, relative to a directory: $TMPDIR, if set; else the directory specified via −p; else /tmp [deprecated]

−−help

display this help and exit

−−version

output version information and exit

AUTHOR

Written by Jim Meyering.

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to <bug−coreutils@gnu.org>.

SEE ALSO

mkstemp(3), mkdtemp(3), mktemp(3)

The full documentation for mktemp is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and mktemp programs are properly installed at your site, the command

info mktemp

should give you access to the complete manual.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>

This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.