MKDTEMP(3) Linux Programmer's Manual MKDTEMP(3)NAME
mkdtemp - create a unique temporary directory
SYNOPSIS
#include <stdlib.h>
char *mkdtemp(char *template);
DESCRIPTION
The mkdtemp() function generates a uniquely-named temporary directory from template. The last six characters of template must be XXXXXX and
these are replaced with a string that makes the directory name unique. The directory is then created with permissions 0700. Since it will
be modified, template must not be a string constant, but should be declared as a character array.
RETURN VALUE
The mkdtemp() function returns a pointer to the modified template string on success, and NULL on failure, in which case errno is set appro-
priately.
ERRORS
EINVAL The last six characters of template were not XXXXXX. Now template is unchanged.
Also see mkdir(2) for other possible values for errno.
CONFORMING TO
Introduced in OpenBSD 2.2. Available since glibc 2.1.91.
SEE ALSO mkdir(2), mkstemp(3), mktemp(3), tmpnam(3), tempnam(3), tmpfile(3)GNU 2001-10-07 MKDTEMP(3)
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MKDTEMP(3) Linux Programmer's Manual MKDTEMP(3)NAME
mkdtemp - create a unique temporary directory
SYNOPSIS
#include <stdlib.h>
char *mkdtemp(char *template);
Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):
mkdtemp():
Since glibc 2.10:
_BSD_SOURCE || _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200809L || _XOPEN_SOURCE >= 700
Before glibc 2.10:
_BSD_SOURCE
DESCRIPTION
The mkdtemp() function generates a uniquely named temporary directory from template. The last six characters of template must be XXXXXX
and these are replaced with a string that makes the directory name unique. The directory is then created with permissions 0700. Since it
will be modified, template must not be a string constant, but should be declared as a character array.
RETURN VALUE
The mkdtemp() function returns a pointer to the modified template string on success, and NULL on failure, in which case errno is set appro-
priately.
ERRORS
EINVAL The last six characters of template were not XXXXXX. Now template is unchanged.
Also see mkdir(2) for other possible values for errno.
VERSIONS
Available since glibc 2.1.91.
CONFORMING TO
POSIX.1-2008. This function is present on the BSDs.
SEE ALSO mkdir(2), mkstemp(3), mktemp(3), tempnam(3), tmpfile(3), tmpnam(3)COLOPHON
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