1MKDTEMP(3)                 Linux Programmer's Manual                MKDTEMP(3)
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NAME

6       mkdtemp - create a unique temporary directory
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SYNOPSIS

9       #include <stdlib.h>
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11       char *mkdtemp(char *template);
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13   Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):
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15       mkdtemp(): _BSD_SOURCE
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DESCRIPTION

18       The  mkdtemp()  function generates a uniquely named temporary directory
19       from template.  The last six characters of template must be XXXXXX  and
20       these  are replaced with a string that makes the directory name unique.
21       The directory is then created with permissions 0700.  Since it will  be
22       modified,  template  must  not  be  a  string  constant,  but should be
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RETURN VALUE

26       The mkdtemp() function returns  a  pointer  to  the  modified  template
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ERRORS

31       EINVAL The last six characters of template were not XXXXXX.   Now  tem‐
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VERSIONS

37       Available since glibc 2.1.91.
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CONFORMING TO

40       POSIX.1-2008.  This function is present on the BSDs.
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SEE ALSO

43       mkdir(2), mkstemp(3), mktemp(3), tempnam(3), tmpfile(3), tmpnam(3)
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COLOPHON

46       This  page  is  part of release 3.25 of the Linux man-pages project.  A
47       description of the project, and information about reporting  bugs,  can
48       be found at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.
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52GNU                               2008-08-21                        MKDTEMP(3)
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