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[673b0d8]1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
2<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd" [
3 <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
4 %general-entities;
5]>
[a001133]6<sect1 id="ch-system-mktemp" xreflabel="Mktemp" role="wrap">
[673b0d8]7<title>Mktemp-&mktemp-version;</title>
8<?dbhtml filename="mktemp.html"?>
9
10<indexterm zone="ch-system-mktemp"><primary sortas="a-Mktemp">Mktemp</primary></indexterm>
11
[a001133]12<sect2 role="package"><title/>
[673b0d8]13<para>The Mktemp package contains programs used to create secure temporary
14files in shell scripts.</para>
15
[a001133]16<segmentedlist>
17<segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
18<segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
19<seglistitem><seg>0.1 SBU</seg><seg>317 KB</seg></seglistitem>
20</segmentedlist>
[673b0d8]21
[ef13657]22<segmentedlist>
23<segtitle>Mktemp installation depends on</segtitle>
24<seglistitem><seg>Coreutils, Make, Patch</seg></seglistitem>
25</segmentedlist>
[a001133]26</sect2>
[673b0d8]27
[a001133]28<sect2 role="installation">
[673b0d8]29<title>Installation of Mktemp</title>
30
[ef13657]31<para>Many scripts still use the deprecated
32<command>tempfile</command> program, which has functionality similar
33to <command>mktemp</command>. Patch Mktemp to include a
34<command>tempfile</command> wrapper:</para>
[673b0d8]35
[71bbe67]36<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../mktemp-&mktemp-version;-add_tempfile-1.patch</userinput></screen>
[673b0d8]37
[ef13657]38<para>Prepare Mktemp for compilation:</para>
[673b0d8]39
40<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --with-libc</userinput></screen>
41
42<para>The meaning of the configure option:</para>
43
[df8334f]44<variablelist>
45<varlistentry>
[ef57e3b]46<term><parameter>--with-libc</parameter></term>
[df8334f]47<listitem><para>This causes the <command>mktemp</command> program to
48use the <emphasis>mkstemp</emphasis> and <emphasis>mkdtemp</emphasis>
49functions from the system C library.</para></listitem>
50</varlistentry>
51</variablelist>
[673b0d8]52
53<para>Compile the package:</para>
54
55<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
56
[ef13657]57<para>Install the package:</para>
[673b0d8]58
[ef57e3b]59<screen><userinput>make install
60make install-tempfile</userinput></screen>
[673b0d8]61
62</sect2>
63
64
[c6cb3aa]65<sect2 id="contents-mktemp" role="content"><title>Contents of Mktemp</title>
[673b0d8]66
[c6cb3aa]67<segmentedlist>
68<segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
69<seglistitem><seg>mktemp, tempfile</seg></seglistitem>
70</segmentedlist>
[673b0d8]71
[c6cb3aa]72<variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title>
[673b0d8]73
[b8a819f]74<varlistentry id="mktemp">
75<term><command>mktemp</command></term>
[c6cb3aa]76<listitem>
[673b0d8]77<indexterm zone="ch-system-mktemp mktemp"><primary sortas="b-mktemp">mktemp</primary></indexterm>
[c6cb3aa]78<para>creates temporary files in a secure manner. It is used in scripts.</para>
79</listitem>
80</varlistentry>
[673b0d8]81
[b8a819f]82<varlistentry id="tempfile">
83<term><command>tempfile</command></term>
[c6cb3aa]84<listitem>
[673b0d8]85<indexterm zone="ch-system-mktemp tempfile"><primary sortas="b-tempfile">tempfile</primary></indexterm>
[c6cb3aa]86<para>creates temporary files in a less secure manner than
87<command>mktemp</command>. It is installed for backwards-compatibility.</para>
88</listitem>
89</varlistentry>
90</variablelist>
[673b0d8]91
92</sect2>
93
94</sect1>
[ef13657]95
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