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.  The
          file is automatically deleted when the process using it ter-
          minates.  The file is opened for update (``w+'').  tmpfile
          calls fopen and so returns any error code passed to it from
          fopen.

     RETURN VALUE
          If the temporary file cannot be opened, an error message is
          printed using perror(3C), and a NULL pointer is returned.

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
































     April, 1990                                                     1