NAME

mktemp − make a unique file name

SYNTAX

char *mktemp(template)
char *template;

DESCRIPTION

The mktemp subroutine replaces template by a unique file name, and returns the address of the template.  The template should look like a file name with six trailing X’s, which will be replaced with the current process ID and a unique letter. 

Note: The use of mktemp is not recommended for new applications.  See tmpnam() for less error-prone alternatives.

SEE ALSO

getpid(2), tmpfile(3), tmpnam(3)

Subroutines