Command mktemp
This command is part of the posix extensions and needs to be imported to be available to the shell.
See Posix Commands
Name
mktemp create a temporary file or directorySynopsis
mktemp [options]Options
| -d,-directory | Creates a directory instead of a file |
| -s,-suffix suffix | optional suffix used for temporary file |
| -tempdir directory | Uses directory instead of $TMP |
| -p,-prefix prefix | optional prefix used for temporary file |
Description
Creates a temporary file and outputs the full path name to stdout.
If -d is specified creates a directory instead of a file.
If -s is specified uses the supplied suffix otherwise no suffix is used.
If -p is specifies then prepends the supplied prefix otherwise "xmlsh" is used.
Note: an empty file is created not just a pathname. This is required to guarentee multiple calls to mktemp always return unique unused filenames.
Return Value
Returns 0 if the command executed successfully, 1 if there was an error.Commands
CategoryCommands
CommandsPosix
