GNU/Linux |
Debian 7.2.0(Wheezy) |
amd64 |
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mktemp(1) |
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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 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
Written by Jim Meyering and Eric Blake.
Report mktemp
bugs to bug−coreutils@gnu.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
© 2011 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.
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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