mkstemp
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NAME
mkstemp - create a unique temporary file
SYNOPSIS
#include <unistd.h>
int *mkstemp(char *template);
DESCRIPTION
The mkstemp() function generates a unique temporary file
name from template. The last six characters of template
must be XXXXXX and these are replaced with a string that
makes the filename unique. The file is then created with
mode read/write and permissions 0666.
RETURN VALUE
The mkstemp() function returns the file descriptor fd of
the temporary file.
ERRORS
EINVAL The last six characters of template were not
XXXXXX.
EEXIST The temporary file is not unique.
CONFORMING TO
BSD 4.3
SEE ALSO
mktemp(3), tmpnam(3), tempnam(3), tmpfile(3)
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