MKTEMP(1) User Commands MKTEMP(1)

NAME
       mktemp - create a temporary file or directory

SYNOPSIS
       mktemp [OPTION]... [TEMPLATE]

DESCRIPTION
       Create a temporary file or directory, safely, and print its name.  TEM‐
       PLATE must contain at least 3 consecutive 'X's in last  component.   If
       TEMPLATE is not specified, use tmp.XXXXXXXXXX, and tmpdir is implied.
       Files are created u+rw, and directories  u+rwx,  minus  umask  restric‐
       tions.

       -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 a slash.  This
              option is implied if TEMPLATE does not end in X

       -p DIR, 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

       -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

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AUTHOR
       Written by Jim Meyering and Eric Blake.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright © 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.   License  GPLv3+:  GNU
       GPL version 3 or later .
       This  is  free  software:  you  are free to change and redistribute it.
       There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO
       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.



GNU coreutils 8.22               October 2018                        MKTEMP(1)