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.  If TEMPLATE	is not specified, use tmp.XXXXXXXXXX.

     -d, --directory
	  create a directory, not a file

     -q, --quiet
	  suppress diagnostics about file/dir-creation failure

     -u, --dry-run
	  do not create	anything; merely print a name (unsafe)

     --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 even here,
	  mktemp still 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.

REPORTING BUGS
     Report mktemp bugs	to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
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     <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
     General	    help	using	     GNU	software:
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COPYRIGHT
     Copyright c 2009 Free  Software  Foundation,  Inc.	  License
     GPLv3+:	  GNU	   GPL	   version     3     or	    later



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User Commands						MKTEMP(1)



     <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
     This is free software: you	are free to change and	redistri-
     bute  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.








































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