mktemp(3C)          (C Programming Language Utilities)           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.




























   7/91                                                                 Page 1