mktemp(3C)             UNIX System V(C Development Set)              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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