plan9 man page for mktemp

MKTEMP(2)							System Calls Manual							 MKTEMP(2)

NAME
       mktemp - make a unique file name

SYNOPSIS
       #include <u.h>
       #include <libc.h>

       char* mktemp(char *template)

DESCRIPTION
       Mktemp  replaces  template  by a unique file name, and returns the address of the template.  The template should look like a file name with
       eleven trailing The are replaced by a letter followed by the current process id.  Letters from to are  tried  until  a  name  that  can	be
       accessed (see access(2)) is generated.  If no such name can be generated, mktemp returns "/".

Alef
       There is no mktemp in Alef.

SOURCE
       /sys/src/libc/port/mktemp.c

SEE ALSO
       getpid(2), access(2)

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