mktemp - create a temporary file or directory
mktemp [
OPTION]... [
TEMPLATE]
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
- -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
Written by Jim Meyering and Eric Blake.
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Copyright © 2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL
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This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO
WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
mkstemp(3),
mkdtemp(3),
mktemp(3)
Full documentation <
https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/mktemp>
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) mktemp invocation'