mktemp
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NAME
mktemp - make a unique temporary file name
SYNOPSIS
#include <unistd.h>
char *mktemp(char *template);
DESCRIPTION
The mktemp() function generates a unique temporary file
name from template. The last six characters of template
must be XXXXXX and these are replaced with a string that
makes the filename unique.
RETURN VALUE
The mktemp() function returns a pointer to template on
success, and NULL on failure.
ERRORS
EINVAL The last six characters of template were not
XXXXXX.
CONFORMING TO
BSD 4.3. POSIX dictates tmpnam().
SEE ALSO
mkstemp(3), tmpnam(3), tempnam(3), tmpfile(3)
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