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,





























GNU April 3, 1993 1


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