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

       -p DIR, --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

       -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

       GNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
       Report mktemp translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright  ©  2016  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)

       Full documentation at: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/mktemp>
       or available locally via: info '(coreutils) mktemp invocation'