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.  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

AUTHOR
       Written by Jim Meyering and Eric Blake.

REPORTING BUGS
       Report mktemp bugs to bug-coreutilsATgnu.org
       GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>;
       General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>;
       Report mktemp translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>;

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright   (C)   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.

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 8.5                                         November 2010                                                MKTEMP(1)