Create a temporary file or directory, safely, and print its name. If TEMPLATE is not specified, use tmp.XXXXXXXXXX.

-d, --directory

create a directory, not a file

-q, --quiet

suppress diagnostics about file/dir-creation failure

-u, --dry-run

do not create anything; merely print a name (unsafe)

--tmpdir[=DIR]

interpret TEMPLATE relative to DIR. If DIR is not specified, use $TMPDIR if set, else /tmp. With this option, TEMPLATE must not be an absolute name. Unlike with -t, TEMPLATE may contain slashes, but even here, mktemp still creates only the final component.

-p DIR

use DIR as a prefix; implies -t [deprecated]

-t

interpret TEMPLATE as a single file name component, relative to a directory: $TMPDIR, if set; else the directory specified via -p; else /tmp [deprecated]

--help

display this help and exit

--version

output version information and exit

The full documentation for mktemp is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and mktemp programs are properly installed at your site, the command

info mktemp

should give you access to the complete manual.

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