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4.5 KiB
Groff
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.\" @(#)mktemp.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
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.\"
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.TH MKTEMP 3 "27 January 1997" GNO "Library Routines"
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.SH NAME
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.BR mktemp
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\- make temporary file name (unique)
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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#include <unistd.h>
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.sp 1
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char *
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\fBmktemp\fR (char *\fItemplate\fR);
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.br
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int
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\fBmkstemp\fR (char *\fItemplate\fR);
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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The
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.BR mktemp
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function
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takes the given file name template and overwrites a portion of it
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to create a file name.
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This file name is unique and suitable for use
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by the application.
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The template may be any file name with some number of
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.IR X \'s
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appended
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to it, for example \fB/tmp/temp.\fIXXXX\fR.
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The trailing
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.IR X \'s
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are replaced with the current process number and/or a
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unique letter combination.
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The number of unique file names
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.BR mktemp
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can return depends on the number of
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.IR X \'s
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provided; six
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.IR X \'s
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will
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result in
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.BR mktemp
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testing roughly 26 ** 6 combinations.
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.LP
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The
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.BR mkstemp
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function
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makes the same replacement to the template and creates the template file,
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mode 0600, returning a file descriptor opened for reading and writing.
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This avoids the race between testing for a file's existence and opening it
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for use.
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.SH RETURN VALUES
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The
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.BR mktemp
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function
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returns a pointer to the template on success and
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.BR NULL
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on failure.
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The
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.BR mkstemp
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function
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returns \-1 if no suitable file could be created.
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If either call fails an error code is placed in the global variable
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.IR errno .
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.SH ERRORS
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The
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.BR mktemp
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and
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.BR mkstemp
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functions
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may set
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.IR errno
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to one of the following values:
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.RS
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.IP \fBENOTDIR\fR
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The pathname portion of the template is not an existing directory.
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.RE
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.LP
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The
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.BR mktemp
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and
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.BR mkstemp
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functions
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may also set
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.IR errno
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to any value specified by the
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.BR stat (2)
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function.
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.LP
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The
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.BR mkstemp
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function
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may also set
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.IR errno
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to any value specified by the
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.BR open (2)
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function.
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.SH NOTES
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A common problem that results in a core dump on many architectures
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is that the programmer passes in a read-only string to
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.BR mktemp
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or
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.BR mkstemp .
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This is common with programs that were developed before
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ANSI/C compilers were common.
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For example, calling
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.BR mkstemp
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with an argument of \fB/tmp/tempfile.\fIXXXXXX\fR
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will result in a core dump due to
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.BR mkstemp
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attempting to modify the string constant that was given.
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If the program in question makes heavy use of that type
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of function call, some compilers have the option of compiling the program
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so that it will store string constants in a writable segment of memory
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(in the data rather than the text segment). While it is good programming
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practise to avoid this problem, it is not strictly necessary under GNO
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due to the lack of a write-only text segment.
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.SH SEE ALSO
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.BR chmod (2),
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.BR getpid (2),
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.BR open (2),
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.BR stat (2)
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.SH HISTORY
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A
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.BR mktemp
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function appeared in v7.
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