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.TH MKTEMP 1 sbase\-VERSION
.SH NAME
mktemp \- make temporary filename
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B mktemp
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.RB [ \-dq ]
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.RB [ template ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B mktemp
takes the given filename template and overwrites a portion of it
to create a unique filename. The template may be any filename with at least
six `Xs' appended to it. If no template is specified a default of
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`tmp.XXXXXXXXXX' is used and the tmpdir is set to `/tmp' unless the
TMPDIR envrionment variable has been set.
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.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B \-d
Make a directory instead of a file
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.TP
.B \-q
Fail silently if an error occurs. This is useful if a script
does not want error output to go to standard error.
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.SH SEE ALSO
.IR mkdtemp (3),
.IR mkstemp (3)