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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.
15       Files are created u+rw, and directories  u+rwx,  minus  umask  restric‐
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18       -d, --directory
19              create a directory, not a file
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21       -u, --dry-run
22              do not create anything; merely print a name (unsafe)
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27       --suffix=SUFF
28              append  SUFF  to  TEMPLATE; SUFF must not contain a slash.  This
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31       -p DIR, --tmpdir[=DIR]
32              interpret TEMPLATE relative to DIR; if DIR is not specified, use
33              $TMPDIR  if set, else /tmp.  With this option, TEMPLATE must not
34              be an absolute  name;  unlike  with  -t,  TEMPLATE  may  contain
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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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46       GNU  coreutils  online  help:  <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
47       Report mktemp translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>
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AUTHOR

50       Written by Jim Meyering and Eric Blake.
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53       Copyright © 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.   License  GPLv3+:  GNU
54       GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
55       This  is  free  software:  you  are free to change and redistribute it.
56       There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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SEE ALSO

59       mkstemp(3), mkdtemp(3), mktemp(3)
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61       The full documentation for mktemp is maintained as  a  Texinfo  manual.
62       If  the  info  and mktemp programs are properly installed at your site,
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71GNU coreutils 8.22               October 2018                        MKTEMP(1)
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