NAME
mktemp - Create a temporary file or directory.
SYNOPSIS
mktemp [OPTION]... [TEMPLATE]
DESCRIPTION
Create a temporary file or directory.
OPTIONS
- -d, --directory
-
Make a directory instead of a file
- -u, --dry-run
-
do not create anything; merely print a name (unsafe)
- -q, --quiet
-
Fail silently if an error occurs.
- --suffix <SUFFIX>
-
append SUFFIX to TEMPLATE; SUFFIX must not contain a path separator. This option is implied if TEMPLATE does not end with X.
- -p <DIR>
-
short form of --tmpdir
- --tmpdir[=<DIR>]
-
interpret TEMPLATE relative to DIR; if DIR is not specified, use $TMPDIR ($TMP on windows) 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
-
Generate a template (using the supplied prefix and TMPDIR (TMP on windows) if set) to create a filename template [deprecated]
- -h, --help
-
Print help
- -V, --version
-
Print version
- [template]
VERSION
v(uutils coreutils) 0.12.0