MKTEMP("1") manual page
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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 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
Written by Jim Meyering.
Report
bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.
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.
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 coreutils ’mktemp invocation’
should give you access
to the complete manual.
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