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1 perry 1 TEMPFILE
2 !!!TEMPFILE
3 NAME
4 SYNOPSYS
5 DESCRIPTION
6 OPTIONS
7 RETURN VALUES
8 BUGS
9 SEE ALSO
10 ----
11 !!NAME
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14 tempfile - create a temporary file in a safe manner
15 !!SYNOPSYS
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18 __tempfile__ [[-d DIR] [[-p STRING] [[-m MODE] [[-n FILE]
19 [[--directory=DIR] [[--prefix=STRING] [[--mode=MODE]
20 [[--name=FILE] [[--help] [[--version]
21 !!DESCRIPTION
22
23
24 __tempfile__ creates a temporary file in a safe manner.
25 It uses tempnam(3) to choose the name and opens it
26 with O_RDWR | O_CREAT | O_EXCL. The filename is printed on
27 standard output.
28
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30 The directory to place the file is searched for in the
31 following order:
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34 a)
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37 The directory specified by the environment variable
38 __TMPDIR__, if it is writable.
39
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41 b)
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44 The directory specified by the __--directory__ argument,
45 if given.
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48 c)
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51 The directory ''/tmp''.
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54 Debian packages using __tempfile__ in maintainer scripts
55 must depend on debianutils __
56 !!OPTIONS
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59 __-d, --directory__ ''DIR''
60
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62 Place the file in DIR.
63
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65 __-p, --prefix__ ''STRING''
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68 Use up to five letters of STRING to generate the
69 name.
70
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72 __-s, --suffix__ ''STRING''
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75 Generate the file with STRING as the suffix.
76
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78 __-m, --mode__ ''MODE''
79
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81 Open the file with MODE instead of 0600.
82
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84 __-n, --name__ ''FILE''
85
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87 Use FILE for the name instead of tempnam(3)__.__
88 The options -d, -p, and -s are ignored if this option is
89 given.
90
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92 __--help__
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95 Print a usage message on standard output and exit
96 succesfully.
97
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99 __--version__
100
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102 Print version information on standard output and exist
103 succesfully.
104 !!RETURN VALUES
105
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107 An exit status of 0 means the temporary file was created
108 succesfully. Any other exit status indicates an
109 error.
110 !!BUGS
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113 Exclusive creation is not guaranteed when creating files on
114 NFS partitions.
115 !!SEE ALSO
116
117
118 tempnam(3)
119 ----
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