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NAME

6       mktemp - create a temporary file or directory
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SYNOPSIS

9       mktemp [OPTION]... [TEMPLATE]
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DESCRIPTION

12       Create a temporary file or directory, safely, and print its name.  TEM‐
13       PLATE must contain at least 3 consecutive `X's in last  component.   If
14       TEMPLATE is not specified, use tmp.XXXXXXXXXX, and --tmpdir is implied.
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16       -d, --directory
17              create a directory, not a file
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19       -u, --dry-run
20              do not create anything; merely print a name (unsafe)
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22       -q, --quiet
23              suppress diagnostics about file/dir-creation failure
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25       --suffix=SUFF
26              append  SUFF  to  TEMPLATE.   SUFF must not contain slash.  This
27              option is implied if TEMPLATE does not end in X.
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29       --tmpdir[=DIR]
30              interpret TEMPLATE relative to DIR.  If DIR  is  not  specified,
31              use  $TMPDIR if set, else /tmp.  With this option, TEMPLATE must
32              not be an absolute name.  Unlike with -t, TEMPLATE  may  contain
33              slashes, but mktemp creates only the final component.
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35       -p DIR use DIR as a prefix; implies -t [deprecated]
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37       -t     interpret  TEMPLATE as a single file name component, relative to
38              a directory: $TMPDIR, if set; else the directory  specified  via
39              -p; else /tmp [deprecated]
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41       --help display this help and exit
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43       --version
44              output version information and exit
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AUTHOR

47       Written by Jim Meyering and Eric Blake.
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REPORTING BUGS

50       Report mktemp bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
51       GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
52       General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
53       Report mktemp translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>
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56       Copyright  ©  2010  Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+: GNU
57       GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
58       This is free software: you are free  to  change  and  redistribute  it.
59       There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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SEE ALSO

62       mkstemp(3), mkdtemp(3), mktemp(3)
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64       The  full  documentation  for mktemp is maintained as a Texinfo manual.
65       If the info and mktemp programs are properly installed  at  your  site,
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70       should give you access to the complete manual.
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74GNU coreutils 8.4                  June 2018                         MKTEMP(1)
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