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.
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Copyright 2001 John Levon <moz@compsoc.man.ac.uk>
Based on mkstemp(3), Copyright 1993 David Metcalfe (david@prism.demon.co.uk)
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