mktemp

mktemp
Cross-platform
Type	Command

mktemp is a

GNU Coreutils.^[3]

There used to be a similar named C library function, which is now deprecated for being unsafe, and has safer alternatives.^[4]

References

^ "mktemp". Linux Standard Base Core Specification 3.1. Free Standards Group. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
^ Miller, Todd C. "mktemp manual page". Retrieved 7 November 2015.
^ Meyering, Jim (7 October 2007). "announce: new program: mktemp" (Mailing list). Retrieved 7 November 2015.
^ "Temporary Files". GNU. GNU. Retrieved 2 September 2019.

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