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mktemp(S)


mktemp -- make a unique filename

Syntax

cc ... -lc

#include <stdlib.h>

char *mktemp (template) char *template;

Description

The mktemp function replaces the contents of the string pointed to by template by a unique filename, and returns the address of template. The string in template should look like a filename with six trailing ``X''s; mktemp replaces the ``X''s with a letter and the current process ID. The letter is chosen so that the resulting name does not duplicate an existing file.

Diagnostics

The mktemp function assigns to template the null string if it cannot create a unique name.

See also

getpid(S), mkstemp(S), tmpfile(S), tmpnam(S)

Standards conformance

mktemp is conformant with:

Intel386 Binary Compatibility Specification, Edition 2 (iBCSe2) .


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