| -d--directory | create a directory, not a file |
| -u--dry-run | do not create anything; merely print a name (unsafe) |
| -q--quiet | suppress diagnostics about file/dir-creation failure |
| --suffix | append SUFF to TEMPLATE; SUFF must not contain a slash. This option is implied if TEMPLATE does not end in X |
| -p--tmpdir | interpret TEMPLATE relative to DIR; if DIR is not specified, use $TMPDIR if set, else /tmp. With this option, TEMPLATE must not be an absolute name; unlike with -t, TEMPLATE may contain slashes, but mktemp creates only the final component |
| -t | interpret TEMPLATE as a single file name component, relative to a directory: $TMPDIR, if set; else the directory specified via -p; else /tmp [deprecated] |
| --help | display this help and exit |
| --version | output version information and exit |
NAME
mktemp - create a temporary file or directory
SYNOPSIS
mktemp [OPTION]... [TEMPLATE]
DESCRIPTION
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 --tmpdir is implied. Files are created u+rw, and directories u+rwx, minus umask restrictions.
- -d, --directory
create a directory, not a file
- -u, --dry-run
do not create anything; merely print a name (unsafe)
- -q, --quiet
suppress diagnostics about file/dir-creation failure
- --suffix=SUFF
append SUFF to TEMPLATE; SUFF must not contain a slash. This option is implied if TEMPLATE does not end in X
- -p DIR, --tmpdir[=DIR]
interpret TEMPLATE relative to DIR; if DIR is not specified, use $TMPDIR if set, else /tmp. With this option, TEMPLATE must not be an absolute name; unlike with -t, TEMPLATE may contain slashes, but mktemp creates only the final component
- -t
interpret TEMPLATE as a single file name component, relative to a directory: $TMPDIR, if set; else the directory specified via -p; else /tmp [deprecated]
- --help
display this help and exit
- --version
output version information and exit
AUTHOR
Written by Jim Meyering and Eric Blake.
REPORTING BUGS
GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/> Report any translation bugs to <https://translationproject.org/team/>
SEE ALSO
mkstemp(3), mkdtemp(3), mktemp(3)
Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/mktemp> or available locally via: info '(coreutils) mktemp invocation'
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