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NAME

       tempfile - create a temporary file in a safe manner

SYNOPSIS

       tempfile  [-d  DIR]  [-p  STRING]  [-s  STRING]	[-m  MODE]  [-n  FILE] [--directory=DIR] [--prefix=STRING] [--suffix=STRING] [--mode=MODE]
       [--name=FILE] [--help] [--version]

DESCRIPTION

       tempfile creates a temporary file in a safe manner.  It uses tempnam(3) to choose the name and opens it with O_RDWR  |  O_CREAT	|  O_EXCL.
       The filename is printed on standard output. See tempnam(3) for the actual steps involved in directory selection.

       The directory in which to create the file might be searched for in this order (but refer to tempnam(3) for authoritative answers):

       a) In case the environment variable TMPDIR exists and contains the name of an appropriate directory, that is used.

       b) Otherwise, if the --directory argument is specified and appropriate, it is used.

       c) Otherwise, P_tmpdir (as defined in <stdio.h>) is used when appropriate.

       d) Finally an implementation-defined directory (/tmp) may be used.

OPTIONS

       -d, --directory DIR
	      Place the file in DIR.

       -m, --mode MODE
	      Open the file with MODE instead of 0600.

       -n, --name FILE
	      Use FILE for the name instead of tempnam(3).  The options -d, -p, and -s are ignored if this option is given.

       -p, --prefix STRING
	      Use up to five letters of STRING to generate the name.

       -s, --suffix STRING
	      Generate the file with STRING as the suffix.

       --help Print a usage message on standard output and exit successfully.

       --version
	      Print version information on standard output and exit successfully.

RETURN VALUES

       An exit status of 0 means the temporary file was created successfully.  Any other exit status indicates an error.

BUGS

       Exclusive creation is not guaranteed when creating files on NFS partitions.  tempfile is deprecated; you should use mktemp(1) instead.

EXAMPLE

	      #!/bin/sh
	      #[...]
	      t=$(tempfile) || exit
	      trap "rm -f -- '$t'" EXIT
	      #[...]
	      rm -f -- "$t"
	      trap - EXIT
	      exit

SEE ALSO

       tempnam(3), mktemp(1)

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TEMPNAM(3)								 1								TEMPNAM(3)

tempnam - Create file with unique file name

SYNOPSIS

       string tempnam (string  $dir, string  $prefix)

DESCRIPTION

	Creates  a file with a unique filename, with access permission set to 0600, in the specified directory. If the directory does not exist or
       is not writable, tempnam(3) may generate a file in the system's temporary directory, and return the full path to that file,  including  its
       name.

PARAMETERS

	      o $dir
		- The directory where the temporary filename will be created.

	      o $prefix
		- The prefix of the generated temporary filename.

	      Note

		      Windows uses only the first three characters of prefix.

RETURN VALUES

	Returns the new temporary filename (with path), or FALSE on failure.

CHANGELOG

       +--------+---------------------------------------------------+
       |Version |						    |
       |	|						    |
       |	|		     Description		    |
       |	|						    |
       +--------+---------------------------------------------------+
       | 4.0.3	|						    |
       |	|						    |
       |	|  This  function's  behavior changed in 4.0.3. The |
       |	| temporary file is also created to  avoid  a  race |
       |	| condition  where  the  file  might  appear in the |
       |	| filesystem between the time the string was gener- |
       |	| ated	and before the script gets around to creat- |
       |	| ing the file. Note, that you need to	remove	the |
       |	| file	in case you need it no more, it is not done |
       |	| automatically.				    |
       |	|						    |
       +--------+---------------------------------------------------+
EXAMPLES

       Example #1

	      tempnam(3) example

	      <?php
	      $tmpfname = tempnam("/tmp", "FOO");

	      $handle = fopen($tmpfname, "w");
	      fwrite($handle, "writing to tempfile");
	      fclose($handle);

	      // do here something

	      unlink($tmpfname);
	      ?>

NOTES

       Note

	       If PHP cannot create a file in the specified $dir parameter, it falls back on the system default. On NTFS this also happens if  the
	      specified $dir contains more than 65534 files.

SEE ALSO

       tmpfile(3), sys_get_temp_dir(3), unlink(3).

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