MKTEMP(1)

NAME
mktemp - create a temporary file or directory

SYNOPSIS
mktemp [OPTION]... [TEMPLATE]

DESCRIPTION

Create a temporary file or directory, safely, and print its name. TEMPLATE must contain at least 3 consecutive `X's in last component. If TEMPLATE is not specified, use tmp.XXXXXXXXXX, and --tmpdir is implied.

-d, --directory
    create a directory, not a file

-u, --dry-run
    do not create anything; merely print a name (unsafe)

-q, --quiet
    suppress diagnostics about file/dir-creation failure

--suffix=SUFF
    append SUFF to TEMPLATE. SUFF must not contain slash. This option is implied if TEMPLATE does not end in X.

--tmpdir[=DIR]
    interpret TEMPLATE relative to DIR. If DIR is not specified, use $TMPDIR if set, else /tmp. With this option, TEMPLATE must not be an absolute name. Unlike with -t, TEMPLATE may contain slashes, but mktemp creates only the final component.

-p DIR
    use DIR as a prefix; implies -t [deprecated]

-t  interpret TEMPLATE as a single file name component, relative to a directory: $TMPDIR, if set; else the directory specified via -p; else /tmp [deprecated]

--help
    display this help and exit

--version
    output version information and exit

AUTHOR
Written by Jim Meyering and Eric Blake.

REPORTING BUGS
Report mktemp bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
Report mktemp translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>

COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO
mkstemp(3), mkdtemp(3), mktemp(3)

The full documentation for mktemp is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and mktemp programs are properly installed at your site, the command

    info coreutils 'mktemp invocation'

should give you access to the complete manual.