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MKDTEMP(3) Linux Programmer's Manual MKDTEMP(3)
mkdtemp - create a unique temporary directory
#include <stdlib.h>
char *mkdtemp(char *template);
Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):
mkdtemp():
/* Since glibc 2.19: */ _DEFAULT_SOURCE
|| /* Glibc 2.19 and earlier: */ _BSD_SOURCE
|| /* Since glibc 2.10: */ _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200809L
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.
The mkdtemp() function returns a pointer to the modified template
string on success, and NULL on failure, in which case errno is set
appropriately.
EINVAL The last six characters of template were not XXXXXX. Now
template is unchanged.
Also see mkdir(2) for other possible values for errno.
Available since glibc 2.1.91.
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
attributes(7).
┌──────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐
│Interface │ Attribute │ Value │
├──────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤
│mkdtemp() │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
└──────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘
POSIX.1-2008. This function is present on the BSDs.
mktemp(1), mkdir(2), mkstemp(3), mktemp(3), tempnam(3), tmpfile(3),
tmpnam(3)
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Pages that refer to this page: mkstemp(3), mktemp(3), file-hierarchy(7)