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Man page:mktemp

Usage

shell

mktemp OPTIONS TEMPLATE

Option	Description
`-d` `--directory`	Create a directory instead of a file.
`-p` `--tmpdir`	Use the temporary directory, or the directory set by the option.

TIP

Use several X anywhere for placing the random characters. Only the last group of at least 3 consecutive X are considered for this.

If using mktemp with no options at all, the temporary directory and the tmp.XXXXXXXXXX template is used.

Creating a temporary file in /tmp:

shell

mktemp --tmpdir app-XXXXXXXX

Creating a temporary directory in /tmp:

shell

mktemp --tmpdir --directory app-XXXXXXXX