Provided by:
coreutils_7.4-2ubuntu1_i386 
NAME
mktemp - create a temporary file or directory
SYNOPSIS
mktemp [OPTION]... [TEMPLATE]
DESCRIPTION
Create a temporary file or directory, safely, and print its name. If
TEMPLATE is not specified, use tmp.XXXXXXXXXX.
-d, --directory
create a directory, not a file
-q, --quiet
suppress diagnostics about file/dir-creation failure
-u, --dry-run
do not create anything; merely print a name (unsafe)
--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 even here, mktemp still creates only the final
component.
-p DIR use DIR as a prefix; implies -t [deprecated]
-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
AUTHOR
Written by Jim Meyering.
REPORTING BUGS
Report mktemp bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2009 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.