<TITLE>tmpnam</TITLE> <body background=/C_ref/GRAPHICS/bg1.gif> <hr> <pre> <h3>TMPNAM(3) Linux Programmer's Manual TMPNAM(3) </h3> <h3>NAME </h3> tmpnam - create a name for a temporary file <h3>SYNOPSIS </h3> #include <stdio.h> char *tmpnam(char *s); <h3>DESCRIPTION </h3> 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. <h3>RETURN VALUE </h3> The tmpnam() function returns a pointer to the unique tem- porary filename, or NULL if a unique name cannot be gener- ated. <h3>ERRORS </h3> EEXIST Unable to generate a unique filename. <h3>CONFORMING TO </h3> SVID 3, POSIX, BSD 4.3, ISO 9899 </pre> <hr> <h3>SEE ALSO </h3><p> <a href=mktemp.htm>mktemp</a>, <a href=mkstemp.htm>mkstemp</a>, <a href=tempnam.htm>tempnam</a>, <a href=tmpfile.htm>tmpfile</a>, <pre> <h3>GNU April 3, 1993 1 </h3> </pre> <P> <hr> <p> <center> <table border=2 width=80%> <tr align=center> <td width=25%> <a href=../index.htm>Top</a> </td><td width=25%> <a href=../master_index.html>Master Index</a> </td><td width=25%> <a href=../SYNTAX/keywords.html>Keywords</a> </td><td width=25%> <a href=../FUNCTIONS/index.htm>Functions</a> </td> </tr> </table> </center> <p> <hr> This manual page was brought to you by <i>mjl_man V-2.0</i>
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