TMPNAM(3)           Linux Programmer's Manual           TMPNAM(3)


NAME
       tmpnam - create a name for a temporary file

SYNOPSIS
       #include <stdio.h>

       char *tmpnam(char *s);

DESCRIPTION
       The  tmpnam()  function generates a unique temporary file-
       name using the path prefix P_tmpdir defined in  <stdio.h>.
       If the argument s is NULL, tmpnam() returns the address of
       an internal static area which holds the filename, which is
       overwritten  by subsequent calls to tmpnam().  If s is not
       NULL, the filename is returned in s.

RETURN VALUE
       The tmpnam() function returns a pointer to the unique tem-
       porary filename, or NULL if a unique name cannot be gener-
       ated.

ERRORS
       EEXIST Unable to generate a unique filename.

CONFORMING TO
       SVID 3, POSIX, BSD 4.3, ISO 9899

SEE ALSO

mktemp, mkstemp, tempnam, tmpfile,

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