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explain_mkostemp_or_die(3) Library Functions Manual explain_mkostemp_or_die(3) NAME
explain_mkostemp_or_die - create a unique temporary file and report errors SYNOPSIS
#include <libexplain/mkostemp.h> int explain_mkostemp_or_die(char *templat, int flags); int explain_mkostemp_on_error(char *templat, int flags); DESCRIPTION
The explain_mkostemp_or_die function is used to call the mkostemp(3) system call. On failure an explanation will be printed to stderr, obtained from the explain_mkostemp(3) function, and then the process terminates by calling exit(EXIT_FAILURE). The explain_mkostemp_on_error function is used to call the mkostemp(3) system call. On failure an explanation will be printed to stderr, obtained from the explain_mkostemp(3) function, but still returns to the caller. templat The template, exactly as to be passed to the mkostemp(3) system call. flags The flags, exactly as to be passed to the mkostemp(3) system call. RETURN VALUE
The explain_mkostemp_or_die function only returns on success, see mkostemp(3) for more information. On failure, prints an explanation and exits, it does not return. The explain_mkostemp_on_error function always returns the value return by the wrapped mkostemp(3) system call. EXAMPLE
The explain_mkostemp_or_die function is intended to be used in a fashion similar to the following example: int result = explain_mkostemp_or_die(templat, flags); SEE ALSO
mkostemp(3) create a unique temporary file explain_mkostemp(3) explain mkostemp(3) errors exit(2) terminate the calling process COPYRIGHT
libexplain version 0.52 Copyright (C) 2009 Peter Miller explain_mkostemp_or_die(3)
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MKSTEMP(3) Linux Programmer's Manual MKSTEMP(3) NAME
mkstemp, mkostemp, mkstemps, mkostemps - create a unique temporary file SYNOPSIS
#include <stdlib.h> int mkstemp(char *template); int mkostemp(char *template, int flags); int mkstemps(char *template, int suffixlen); int mkostemps(char *template, int suffixlen, int flags); Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)): mkstemp(): _XOPEN_SOURCE >= 500 || /* Since glibc 2.12: */ _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200809L || /* Glibc versions <= 2.19: */ _SVID_SOURCE || _BSD_SOURCE mkostemp(): _GNU_SOURCE mkstemps(): /* Glibc since 2.19: */ _DEFAULT_SOURCE || /* Glibc versions <= 2.19: */ _SVID_SOURCE || _BSD_SOURCE mkostemps(): _GNU_SOURCE DESCRIPTION
The mkstemp() function generates a unique temporary filename from template, creates and opens the file, and returns an open file descriptor for the file. The last six characters of template must be "XXXXXX" and these are replaced with a string that makes the filename unique. Since it will be modified, template must not be a string constant, but should be declared as a character array. The file is created with permissions 0600, that is, read plus write for owner only. The returned file descriptor provides both read and write access to the file. The file is opened with the open(2) O_EXCL flag, guaranteeing that the caller is the process that creates the file. The mkostemp() function is like mkstemp(), with the difference that the following bits--with the same meaning as for open(2)--may be speci- fied in flags: O_APPEND, O_CLOEXEC, and O_SYNC. Note that when creating the file, mkostemp() includes the values O_RDWR, O_CREAT, and O_EXCL in the flags argument given to open(2); including these values in the flags argument given to mkostemp() is unnecessary, and pro- duces errors on some systems. The mkstemps() function is like mkstemp(), except that the string in template contains a suffix of suffixlen characters. Thus, template is of the form prefixXXXXXXsuffix, and the string XXXXXX is modified as for mkstemp(). The mkostemps() function is to mkstemps() as mkostemp() is to mkstemp(). RETURN VALUE
On success, these functions return the file descriptor of the temporary file. On error, -1 is returned, and errno is set appropriately. ERRORS
EEXIST Could not create a unique temporary filename. Now the contents of template are undefined. EINVAL For mkstemp() and mkostemp(): The last six characters of template were not XXXXXX; now template is unchanged. For mkstemps() and mkostemps(): template is less than (6 + suffixlen) characters long, or the last 6 characters before the suffix in template were not XXXXXX. These functions may also fail with any of the errors described for open(2). VERSIONS
mkostemp() is available since glibc 2.7. mkstemps() and mkostemps() are available since glibc 2.11. ATTRIBUTES
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7). +------------------------+---------------+---------+ |Interface | Attribute | Value | +------------------------+---------------+---------+ |mkstemp(), mkostemp(), | Thread safety | MT-Safe | |mkstemps(), mkostemps() | | | +------------------------+---------------+---------+ CONFORMING TO
mkstemp(): 4.3BSD, POSIX.1-2001. mkstemps(): unstandardized, but appears on several other systems. mkostemp() and mkostemps(): are glibc extensions. NOTES
In glibc versions 2.06 and earlier, the file is created with permissions 0666, that is, read and write for all users. This old behavior may be a security risk, especially since other UNIX flavors use 0600, and somebody might overlook this detail when porting programs. POSIX.1-2008 adds a requirement that the file be created with mode 0600. More generally, the POSIX specification of mkstemp() does not say anything about file modes, so the application should make sure its file mode creation mask (see umask(2)) is set appropriately before calling mkstemp() (and mkostemp()). SEE ALSO
mkdtemp(3), mktemp(3), tempnam(3), tmpfile(3), tmpnam(3) COLOPHON
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2017-09-15 MKSTEMP(3)