MKTEMP(1)                     User Commands                     MKTEMP(1)

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  compo‐
       nent.   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  speci‐
              fied,  use  $TMPDIR  if  set, else /tmp.  With this option,
              TEMPLATE must not be an absolute name; unlike with -t, TEM‐
              PLATE  may  contain  slashes,  but  mktemp creates only the
              final component

       -t     interpret TEMPLATE as a single file name  component,  rela‐
              tive  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/core‐
       utils/>
       Report    any   translation   bugs   to   <https://translationpro‐
       ject.org/team/>

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright © 2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.   License  GPLv3+:
       GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
       This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
       There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

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'

GNU coreutils 8.32              April 2020                      MKTEMP(1)