mktemp
(1g)
Name
mktemp - create a temporary file or directory
Synopsis
mktemp [OPTION]... [TEMPLATE]
Description
User Commands MKTEMP(1)
NAME
mktemp - create a temporary file or directory
SYNOPSIS
mktemp [OPTION]... [TEMPLATE]
DESCRIPTION
Create a temporary file or directory, safely, and print its
name. TEMPLATE must contain at least 3 consecutive 'X's in
last component. If TEMPLATE is not specified, use
tmp.XXXXXXXXXX, and --tmpdir is implied. Files are created
u+rw, and directories u+rwx, minus umask restrictions.
-d, --directory
create a directory, not a file
-u, --dry-run
do not create anything; merely print a name (unsafe)
-q, --quiet
suppress diagnostics about file/dir-creation failure
--suffix=SUFF
append SUFF to TEMPLATE. SUFF must not contain slash.
This option is implied if TEMPLATE does not end in X.
--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 mktemp cre-
ates 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 and Eric Blake.
REPORTING BUGS
Report mktemp bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
GNU coreutils home page:
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User Commands MKTEMP(1)
<http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/geth-
elp/>
Report mktemp translation bugs to <http://translationpro-
ject.org/team/>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2012 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 redis-
tribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted
by law.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following
attributes:
+---------------+--------------------+
|ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+---------------+--------------------+
|Availability | file/gnu-coreutils |
+---------------+--------------------+
|Stability | Uncommitted |
+---------------+--------------------+
SEE ALSO
mkstemp(3C), mkdtemp(3C), mktemp(3C)
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 coreutils 'mktemp invocation'
should give you access to the complete manual.
NOTES
This software was built from source available at
https://java.net/projects/solaris-userland. The original
community source was downloaded from
http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/coreutils/coreutils-8.16.tar.xz
Further information about this software can be found on the
open source community website at http://www.gnu.org/soft-
ware/coreutils/.
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