mktemp(3C)           COMPATIBILITY FUNCTIONS           mktemp(3C)



NAME
     mktemp - make a unique file name

SYNOPSIS
     #include <stdlib.h>

     char *mktemp(char *template);

DESCRIPTION
     mktemp replaces the contents of the  string  pointed  to  by
     template with a unique file name, and returns template.  The
     string in template should look like a  file  name  with  six
     trailing  Xs;  mktemp  will  replace the Xs with a character
     string that can be used to create a unique file name.

SEE ALSO
     tmpfile(3S), tmpnam(3S).

DIAGNOSTIC
     mktemp will assign to template the empty string if it cannot
     create a unique name.

NOTES
     mktemp can create only 26 unique file names per process  for
     each unique template.






























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