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1.1       root        1: .TH MKTEMP 3
                      2: .CT 2 file_inq_creat
                      3: .SH NAME
                      4: mktemp, tmpnam \(mi make a unique file name
                      5: .SH SYNOPSIS
                      6: .nf
                      7: .B char *mktemp(template)
                      8: .B char *template;
                      9: .PP
                     10: .B #include <tmpnam.h>
                     11: .PP
                     12: .B char *tmpnam(s)
                     13: .B char s[L_tmpnam];
                     14: .fi
                     15: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     16: .I Mktemp
                     17: replaces
                     18: .I template
                     19: by a unique file name, and returns the
                     20: address of the template.
                     21: The template should look like a file name with six trailing
                     22: .LR X s,
                     23: which will be replaced with the
                     24: current process id and a unique letter.
                     25: .PP
                     26: .I Tmpnam
                     27: places in the string pointed to by
                     28: .I s
                     29: a unique file name referring to the standard
                     30: .F /tmp
                     31: directory for temporary files and returns
                     32: .I s.
                     33: If
                     34: .I s
                     35: is 0,
                     36: .I tmpnam
                     37: returns the address of a fixed internal buffer that contains the name.
                     38: (Note: it is bad form to leave files in the temporary directory.)
                     39: .SH "SEE ALSO"
                     40: .IR getpid " in"
                     41: .IR getuid (2)
                     42: .SH BUGS
                     43: After many calls to
                     44: .IR tmpnam ,
                     45: the resulting filenames may have strange characters.

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