tmpfile(3S)                                           tmpfile(3S)



NAME
     tmpfile - creates 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
     terminates.  The file is opened for update (``w+'').
     tmpfile calls fopen and so returns any error code passed to
     it from fopen.

STATUS MESSAGES AND VALUES
     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)
































January 1992                                                    1