NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | RETURN VALUE | ERRORS | ATTRIBUTES | CONFORMING TO | NOTES | SEE ALSO | COLOPHON

TMPFILE(3)                Linux Programmer's Manual               TMPFILE(3)

NAME         top

       tmpfile - create a temporary file

SYNOPSIS         top

       #include <stdio.h>
       FILE *tmpfile(void);

DESCRIPTION         top

       The tmpfile() function opens a unique temporary file in binary
       read/write (w+b) mode.  The file will be automatically deleted when
       it is closed or the program terminates.

RETURN VALUE         top

       The tmpfile() function returns a stream descriptor, or NULL if a
       unique filename cannot be generated or the unique file cannot be
       opened.  In the latter case, errno is set to indicate the error.

ERRORS         top

       EACCES Search permission denied for directory in file's path prefix.
       EEXIST Unable to generate a unique filename.
       EINTR  The call was interrupted by a signal; see signal(7).
       EMFILE The per-process limit on the number of open file descriptors
              has been reached.
       ENFILE The system-wide limit on the total number of open files has
              been reached.
       ENOSPC There was no room in the directory to add the new filename.
       EROFS  Read-only filesystem.

ATTRIBUTES         top

       For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
       attributes(7).
       ┌──────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐
       │Interface Attribute     Value   │
       ├──────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤
       │tmpfile() │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
       └──────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘

CONFORMING TO         top

       POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, C89, C99, SVr4, 4.3BSD, SUSv2.

NOTES         top

       POSIX.1-2001 specifies: an error message may be written to stdout if
       the stream cannot be opened.
       The standard does not specify the directory that tmpfile() will use.
       Glibc will try the path prefix P_tmpdir defined in <stdio.h>, and if
       that fails the directory /tmp.

SEE ALSO         top

       exit(3), mkstemp(3), mktemp(3), tempnam(3), tmpnam(3)

COLOPHON         top

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                                 2016-03-15                       TMPFILE(3)

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