mkstemp

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)