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mktemp
Langue: en
Version: 2007-07-26 (mandriva - 22/10/07)
Section: 3 (Bibliothèques de fonctions)
NAME
mktemp - make a unique temporary filenameSYNOPSIS
#include <stdlib.h> char *mktemp(char *template);
Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):
mktemp(): _BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE || _XOPEN_SOURCE >= 500
DESCRIPTION
The mktemp() function generates a unique temporary filename from template. The last six characters of template must be XXXXXX and these are replaced with a string that makes the filename unique. Since it will be modified, template must not be a string constant, but should be declared as a character array.RETURN VALUE
The mktemp() function always returns template. If a unique name was created, the last six bytes of template will have been modified in such a way that the resulting name is unique (i.e., does not exist already) If a unique name could not be created, template is made an empty string.ERRORS
- EINVAL
- The last six characters of template were not XXXXXX.
CONFORMING TO
4.3BSD, POSIX.1-2001.NOTES
The prototype is in <unistd.h> for libc4, libc5, glibc1; glibc2 follows the Single Unix Specification and has the prototype in <stdlib.h>.BUGS
Never use mktemp(). Some implementations follow 4.3BSD and replace XXXXXX by the current process ID and a single letter, so that at most 26 different names can be returned. Since on the one hand the names are easy to guess, and on the other hand there is a race between testing whether the name exists and opening the file, every use of mktemp() is a security risk. The race is avoided by mkstemp(3).SEE ALSO
mkstemp(3), tempnam(3), tmpfile(3), tmpnam(3)Contenus ©2006-2024 Benjamin Poulain
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