mkdtemp(3) Library Functions Manual mkdtemp(3) NAME mkdtemp - create a unique temporary directory LIBRARY Standard C library (libc, -lc) SYNOPSIS #include <stdlib.h> char *mkdtemp(char *template); Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)): mkdtemp(): /* Since glibc 2.19: */ _DEFAULT_SOURCE || /* glibc 2.19 and earlier: */ _BSD_SOURCE || /* Since glibc 2.10: */ _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200809L DESCRIPTION The mkdtemp() function generates a uniquely named temporary directory from template. The last six characters of template must be XXXXXX and these are replaced with a string that makes the directory name unique. The directory is then created with permissions 0700. Since it will be modified, template must not be a string constant, but should be de- clared as a character array. RETURN VALUE The mkdtemp() function returns a pointer to the modified template string on success, and NULL on failure, in which case errno is set to indicate the error. ERRORS EINVAL The last six characters of template were not XXXXXX. Now tem- plate is unchanged. Also see mkdir(2) for other possible values for errno. VERSIONS Available since glibc 2.1.91. ATTRIBUTES For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see at- tributes(7). ┌────────────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐ │Interface │ Attribute │ Value │ ├────────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤ │mkdtemp() │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │ └────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘ STANDARDS POSIX.1-2008. This function is present on the BSDs. SEE ALSO mktemp(1), mkdir(2), mkstemp(3), mktemp(3), tempnam(3), tmpfile(3), tmpnam(3) Linux man-pages 6.03 2023-02-05 mkdtemp(3)
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