NAME

mktemp − make a unique file name

SYNOPSIS

#include <stdlib.h>

char ∗mktemp(char ∗template);

MT-LEVEL

Safe

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. 

RETURN VALUES

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

SEE ALSO

tmpfile(3S), tmpnam(3S)

NOTES

mktemp() can create only 26 unique file names per thread for each unique template. 

SunOS 5.2  —  Last change: 22 Jan 1993