NAME

       tempfile - create a temporary file in a safe manner

SYNOPSIS

       tempfile  [-d  DIR]  [-p  STRING]  [-s  STRING]  [-m  MODE] [-n FILE] [--directory=DIR] [--prefix=STRING]
       [--suffix=STRING] [--mode=MODE] [--name=FILE] [--help] [--version]

DESCRIPTION

       tempfile creates a temporary file in a safe manner.  It uses tempnam(3) to choose the name and  opens  it
       with  O_RDWR  |  O_CREAT  |  O_EXCL.   The filename is printed on standard output. See tempnam(3) for the
       actual steps involved in directory selection.

       The directory in which to create the file might be searched for in this order (but  refer  to  tempnam(3)
       for authoritative answers):

       a) In case the environment variable TMPDIR exists and contains the name of an appropriate directory, that
          is used.

       b) Otherwise, if the --directory argument is specified and appropriate, it is used.

       c) Otherwise, P_tmpdir (as defined in <stdio.h>) is used when appropriate.

       d) Finally an implementation-defined directory (/tmp) may be used.

OPTIONS

       -d, --directory DIR
              Place the file in DIR.

       -m, --mode MODE
              Open the file with MODE instead of 0600.

       -n, --name FILE
              Use  FILE  for  the  name  instead  of tempnam(3).  The options -d, -p, and -s are ignored if this
              option is given.

       -p, --prefix STRING
              Use up to five letters of STRING to generate the name.

       -s, --suffix STRING
              Generate the file with STRING as the suffix.

       --help Print a usage message on standard output and exit successfully.

       --version
              Print version information on standard output and exit successfully.

RETURN VALUES

       An exit status of 0 means the temporary file was created successfully.  Any other exit  status  indicates
       an error.

BUGS

       Exclusive  creation  is  not  guaranteed  when  creating  files  on NFS partitions.  tempfile cannot make
       temporary directories.  tempfile is deprecated; you should use mktemp(1) instead.

EXAMPLE

              #!/bin/sh
              #[...]
              t=$(tempfile) || exit
              trap "rm -f -- '$t'" EXIT
              #[...]
              rm -f -- "$t"
              trap - EXIT
              exit

SEE ALSO

       tempnam(3), mktemp(1)

Debian                                             27 Jun 2012                                       TEMPFILE(1)