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-'\" t
-.\" Copyright 1993 David Metcalfe (david@prism.demon.co.uk)
-.\"
-.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: Linux-man-pages-copyleft
-.\"
-.\" References consulted:
-.\" Linux libc source code
-.\" Lewine's _POSIX Programmer's Guide_ (O'Reilly & Associates, 1991)
-.\" 386BSD man pages
-.\" Modified Sat Jul 24 17:46:57 1993 by Rik Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu)
-.\" Modified 2001-11-17, aeb
-.TH tmpfile 3 2023-10-31 "Linux man-pages 6.7"
-.SH NAME
-tmpfile \- create a temporary file
-.SH LIBRARY
-Standard C library
-.RI ( libc ", " \-lc )
-.SH SYNOPSIS
-.nf
-.B #include <stdio.h>
-.P
-.B FILE *tmpfile(void);
-.fi
-.SH DESCRIPTION
-The
-.BR 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.
-.SH RETURN VALUE
-The
-.BR 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,
-.I errno
-is set to indicate the error.
-.SH ERRORS
-.TP
-.B EACCES
-Search permission denied for directory in file's path prefix.
-.TP
-.B EEXIST
-Unable to generate a unique filename.
-.TP
-.B EINTR
-The call was interrupted by a signal; see
-.BR signal (7).
-.TP
-.B EMFILE
-The per-process limit on the number of open file descriptors has been reached.
-.TP
-.B ENFILE
-The system-wide limit on the total number of open files has been reached.
-.TP
-.B ENOSPC
-There was no room in the directory to add the new filename.
-.TP
-.B EROFS
-Read-only filesystem.
-.SH ATTRIBUTES
-For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
-.BR attributes (7).
-.TS
-allbox;
-lbx lb lb
-l l l.
-Interface Attribute Value
-T{
-.na
-.nh
-.BR tmpfile ()
-T} Thread safety MT-Safe
-.TE
-.SH VERSIONS
-The standard does not specify the directory that
-.BR tmpfile ()
-will use.
-glibc will try the path prefix
-.I P_tmpdir
-defined
-in
-.IR <stdio.h> ,
-and if that fails, then the directory
-.IR /tmp .
-.SH STANDARDS
-C11, POSIX.1-2008.
-.SH HISTORY
-POSIX.1-2001, C89, SVr4, 4.3BSD, SUSv2.
-.SH NOTES
-POSIX.1-2001 specifies:
-an error message may be written to
-.I stdout
-if the stream
-cannot be opened.
-.SH SEE ALSO
-.BR exit (3),
-.BR mkstemp (3),
-.BR mktemp (3),
-.BR tempnam (3),
-.BR tmpnam (3)