@(#)mktemp.3 6.4 (Berkeley) 12/21/88
MKTEMP 3 ""
.AT 3
NAME
mktemp - make a unique file name
SYNOPSIS
char *mktemp(template) char *template; mkstemp(template) char *template;
DESCRIPTION
Mktemp creates a unique file name and returns the address of
the template. The template should contain a file name with trailing
X's, normally something like /tmp/tempXXXXXX. The X's
are replaced by the current process number and/or a unique letter
combination. Mkstemp makes the same replacement to the template
but creates the template file, mode 0600, and returns a file descriptor
open for reading and writing. Mkstemp avoids the race between testing
whether the file exists and opening it for use. The number of file
name combinations mktemp and mkstemp will try depends on
the number of X's placed on the end of the template; six X's
will result in them trying roughly 26 ** 6 combinations.
"SEE ALSO"
chmod(2), getpid(2), open(2), stat(2)
DIAGNOSTICS
Mktemp returns NULL on failure, mkstemp returns -1 if no
suitable file could be created.