mktemp(3C)                                                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.

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

       REFERENCES
             tmpfile(3S), tmpnam(3S)

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
























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