TMPFILE(3S) (C Programming Language Utilities) 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. If
the file cannot be opened, an error message is printed using
perror(3C), and a NULL pointer is returned. The file will
automatically be deleted when the process using it
terminates. The file is opened for update ("w+").
SEE ALSO
creat(2), unlink(2), fopen(3S), mktemp(3C), perror(3C),
stdio(3S), tmpnam(3S).
Page 1 May 1989