mktemp — create a temporary file or directory
mktemp
[OPTION
...] [TEMPLATE
]
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
DIRuse 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
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.
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