tmpfile(3S)                                           tmpfile(3S)



     NAME
          tmpfile - create a temporary file

     SYNOPSIS
          #include <stdio.h>

          FILE *tmpfile ()

     DESCRIPTION
          tmpfile creates a temporary file using a name generated by
          tmpnam(3S), and returns a corresponding FILE pointer.  If
          the file cannot be opened, an error message is printed using
          perror(3C), and a NULL pointer is returned.  The file is
          automatically deleted when the process using it terminates.
          The file is opened for update (``w+'').  tmpfile calls fopen
          and so returns any error code passed to it from fopen.

     SEE ALSO
          creat(2), unlink(2), fopen(3S), mktemp(3C), perror(3C),
          tmpnam(3S).



































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