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- @Fixed man page so "man mkstemp" would work.
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- @.\" @@(#)mktemp.3 6.3 (Berkeley) 4/10/87
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- .TH MKTEMP 3 "April 10, 1987"
- .AT 3
- .SH NAME
- mktemp, mkstemp \- make a unique file name
- .SH SYNOPSIS
- .nf
- .B char *mktemp(template)
- .B char *template;
- .sp
- .B mkstemp(template)
- .B char *template;
- .fi
- .SH DESCRIPTION
- \fIMktemp\fP creates a unique file name and returns the address of
- the template. The template should contain a file name with trailing
- \fIX\fP's, normally something like \fI/tmp/tempXXXXXX\fP. The \fIX\fP's
- are replaced by the current process number and/or a unique letter
- combination. \fIMkstemp\fP makes the same replacement to the template
- but opens the template file and returns a file descriptor open for
- reading and writing. \fIMkstemp\fP avoids the race between testing
- whether the file exists and opening it for use. The number of file
- name combinations \fImktemp\fP and \fImkstemp\fP will try depends on
- the number of \fIX\fP's placed on the end of the template; six \fIX\fP's
- will result in them trying roughly 26 ** 6 combinations.
- .SH "SEE ALSO"
- access(2), getpid(2), open(2)
- .SH DIAGNOSTICS
- \fIMktemp\fP returns NULL on failure, \fImkstemp\fP returns -1 if no
- suitable file could be created.
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