MKTEMP(3C)              COMMAND REFERENCE              MKTEMP(3C)



NAME
     mktemp - make a unique filename

SYNOPSIS
     char *mktemp(template)
     char *template;

DESCRIPTION
     Mktemp replaces template by a unique filename, and returns
     the address of the template.  The template should look like
     a filename with six trailing X's, which will be replaced
     with the current process ID and possibly a unique letter.

     The uniqueness of the filename is determined by checking to
     see if the resulting file exists.  Therefore, successive
     calls to mktemp without creating the named file will result
     in the same name.

     The unique letter is only supplied if it is required to make
     a unique filename, and is in the range a-z.

     If no unique name can be built, a pointer to the string / is
     returned.

SEE ALSO
     getpid(2).





























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