NAME

       mktemp - create a temporary file or directory

SYNOPSIS

       mktemp [OPTION]... [TEMPLATE]

DESCRIPTION

       Create  a  temporary  file  or  directory,  safely, and print its name.  TEMPLATE 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 restrictions.

       -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 slash.  This option is implied if TEMPLATE does
              not end in X.

       --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

       -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 and Eric Blake.

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/>
       Report mktemp translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright  ©  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.