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.  TEM-
       PLATE 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  restric-
       tions.

       -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

       GNU  coreutils  online  help:  <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
       Report mktemp translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>

AUTHOR
       Written by Jim Meyering and Eric Blake.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+:  GNU
       GPL version 3 or later <http://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)

       The full documentation for mktemp is maintained as  a  Texinfo  manual.
       If  the	info  and mktemp programs are properly installed at your site,
       the command

	      info coreutils 'mktemp invocation'

       should give you access to the complete manual.



GNU coreutils 8.22		 February 2016			     MKTEMP(1)