.TH MKTEMP 1 sbase\-VERSION
.SH NAME
mktemp \- make temporary filename
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B mktemp
.RB [ \-dq ]
.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
`tmp.XXXXXXXXXX' is used and the tmpdir is currently fixed to `/tmp'.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B \-d
Make a directory instead of a file
.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.
.SH SEE ALSO
.IR mkdtemp (3),
.IR mkstemp (3)