NAME

       mkdtemp - create a unique temporary directory

SYNOPSIS

       #include <stdlib.h>

       char *mkdtemp(char *template);

   Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):

       mkdtemp():
           /* Since glibc 2.19: */ _DEFAULT_SOURCE
           || /* Glibc 2.19 and earlier: */ _BSD_SOURCE
           || /* Since glibc 2.10: */ _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200809L

DESCRIPTION

       The  mkdtemp()  function  generates  a  uniquely  named  temporary directory from template.  The last six
       characters of template must be XXXXXX and these are replaced with a string that makes the directory  name
       unique.   The  directory is then created with permissions 0700.  Since it will be modified, template must
       not be a string constant, but should be declared as a character array.

RETURN VALUE

       The mkdtemp() function returns a pointer to the modified template string on success, and NULL on failure,
       in which case errno is set appropriately.

ERRORS

       EINVAL The last six characters of template were not XXXXXX.  Now template is unchanged.

       Also see mkdir(2) for other possible values for errno.

VERSIONS

       Available since glibc 2.1.91.

ATTRIBUTES

       For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).

       ┌──────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐
       │Interface │ Attribute     │ Value   │
       ├──────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤
       │mkdtemp() │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
       └──────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘

CONFORMING TO

       POSIX.1-2008.  This function is present on the BSDs.

SEE ALSO

       mktemp(1), mkdir(2), mkstemp(3), mktemp(3), tempnam(3), tmpfile(3), tmpnam(3)

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