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.\" @(#)mktemp.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
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.\"
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.Dd June 4, 1993
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.Dt MKTEMP 3
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm mktemp
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.Nd make temporary file name (unique)
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Fd #include <unistd.h>
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.Ft char *
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.Fn mktemp "char *template"
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.Ft int
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.Fn mkstemp "char *template"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Fn mktemp
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function
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takes the given file name template and overwrites a portion of it
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to create a file name.
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This file name is unique and suitable for use
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by the application.
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The template may be any file name with some number of
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.Ql X Ns s
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appended
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to it, for example
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.Pa /tmp/temp.XXXX .
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The trailing
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.Ql X Ns s
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are replaced with the current process number and/or a
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unique letter combination.
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The number of unique file names
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.Fn mktemp
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can return depends on the number of
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.Ql X Ns s
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provided; six
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.Ql X Ns s
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will
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result in
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.Fn mktemp
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testing roughly 26 ** 6 combinations.
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.Pp
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The
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.Fn mkstemp
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function
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makes the same replacement to the template and creates the template file,
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mode 0600, returning a file descriptor opened for reading and writing.
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This avoids the race between testing for a file's existence and opening it
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for use.
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.Sh RETURN VALUES
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The
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.Fn mktemp
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function
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returns a pointer to the template on success and
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.Dv NULL
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on failure.
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The
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.Fn mkstemp
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function
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returns \-1 if no suitable file could be created.
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If either call fails an error code is placed in the global variable
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.Va errno .
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.Sh ERRORS
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The
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.Fn mktemp
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and
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.Fn mkstemp
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functions
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may set
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.Va errno
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to one of the following values:
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.Bl -tag -width [ENOTDIR]
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.It Bq Er ENOTDIR
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The pathname portion of the template is not an existing directory.
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.El
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.Pp
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The
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.Fn mktemp
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and
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.Fn mkstemp
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functions
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may also set
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.Va errno
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to any value specified by the
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.Xr stat 2
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function.
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.Pp
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The
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.Fn mkstemp
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function
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may also set
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.Va errno
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to any value specified by the
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.Xr open 2
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function.
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1996-02-15 05:02:16 +00:00
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.Sh NOTES
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A common problem that results in a core dump is that the programmer
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passes in a read-only string to
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.Fn mktemp
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or
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.Fn mkstemp .
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This is common with programs that were developed before
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.St -ansiC
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1996-05-01 22:49:36 +00:00
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compilers were common.
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1996-02-15 05:02:16 +00:00
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For example, calling
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.Fn mkstemp
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with an argument of
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.Qq /tmp/tempfile.XXXXXX
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will result in a core dump due to
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.Fn mkstemp
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attempting to modify the string constant that was given.
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If the program in question makes heavy use of that type
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of function call, you do have the option of compiling the program
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so that it will store string constants in a writable segment of memory.
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See
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.Xr gcc 1
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for more information.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr chmod 2 ,
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.Xr getpid 2 ,
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.Xr open 2 ,
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.Xr stat 2
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.Sh HISTORY
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A
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.Nm mktemp
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function appeared in
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.At v7 .
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