NAME

mktemp — make a new randomly-named file or directory

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

mktemp creates a new randomly-named file or directory, and prints its name.

template must contain at least 6 consecutive ‘X’ as last path component. If template is not specified, ‘./tmp.XXXXXXXX’ is used instead.
Files are created with u+rw permissions, directories with u+rwx.

OPTIONS

-d

Create a directory, not a file.

-q

Quiet messages about file/directory creation failure.

-p tempdir

Specify tempdir as an existing directory to create into. Overrides TMPDIR.

-t

Use TMPDIR or if unset, /tmp, as an existing directory to create into.

-u

Unsafe mode, generate filename and print it out without creating it.

Only present for compatibility with existing scripts, do not use.

EXIT STATUS

The mktemp utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

SEE ALSO

mkdtemp(3), mkstemp(3).

0001616: Standardize mktemp utility - Austin Group Issue Tracker

HISTORY

An mktemp utility first appeared in NetBSD 1.5 and OpenBSD 2.1

AUTHORS

Haelwenn (lanodan) Monnier <contact+utils@hacktivis.me>