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. Files are created u+rw, and directories u+rwx,
minus umask restrictions.
-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
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-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] | ||
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--help |
display this help and exit |
--version
output version information and exit
AUTHOR
Written by Jim Meyering and Eric Blake.
REPORTING BUGS
GNU coreutils
online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>;
Report any translation bugs to
<https://translationproject.org/team/>;
COPYRIGHT
Copyright
© 2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+:
GNU GPL version 3 or later
<https://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)
Full
documentation
<https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/mktemp>;
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) mktemp
invocation'