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.TH MKTEMP "1" "January 2024" "GNU coreutils 8.32" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
mktemp \- create a temporary file or directory
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B mktemp
[\fI\,OPTION\/\fR]... [\fI\,TEMPLATE\/\fR]
.SH DESCRIPTION
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.PP
Create a temporary file or directory, safely, and print its name.
TEMPLATE must contain at least 3 consecutive 'X's in last component.
If TEMPLATE is not specified, use tmp.XXXXXXXXXX, and \fB\-\-tmpdir\fR is implied.
Files are created u+rw, and directories u+rwx, minus umask restrictions.
.TP
\fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-directory\fR
create a directory, not a file
.TP
\fB\-u\fR, \fB\-\-dry\-run\fR
do not create anything; merely print a name (unsafe)
.TP
\fB\-q\fR, \fB\-\-quiet\fR
suppress diagnostics about file/dir\-creation failure
.TP
\fB\-\-suffix\fR=\fI\,SUFF\/\fR
append SUFF to TEMPLATE; SUFF must not contain a slash.
This option is implied if TEMPLATE does not end in X
.TP
\fB\-p\fR DIR, \fB\-\-tmpdir\fR[=\fI\,DIR\/\fR]
interpret TEMPLATE relative to DIR; if DIR is not
specified, use $TMPDIR if set, else \fI\,/tmp\/\fP.  With
this option, TEMPLATE must not be an absolute name;
unlike with \fB\-t\fR, TEMPLATE may contain slashes, but
mktemp creates only the final component
.TP
\fB\-t\fR
interpret TEMPLATE as a single file name component,
relative to a directory: $TMPDIR, if set; else the
directory specified via \fB\-p\fR; else \fI\,/tmp\/\fP [deprecated]
.TP
\fB\-\-help\fR
display this help and exit
.TP
\fB\-\-version\fR
output version information and exit
.SH AUTHOR
Written by Jim Meyering and Eric Blake.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
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.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
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This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
mkstemp(3), mkdtemp(3), mktemp(3)
.PP
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Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/mktemp>
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or available locally via: info \(aq(coreutils) mktemp invocation\(aq