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. 

  —  C Development Set