MKTEMP

mktemp − create a temporary file or directory

mktemp [OPTION]... [TEMPLATE]

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.

−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 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 and Eric Blake.

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Copyright © 2010 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.