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| 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [
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| 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 | ]>
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| 7 |
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| 8 | <sect1 id="ch-system-mktemp" role="wrap">
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| 9 | <?dbhtml filename="mktemp.html"?>
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| 10 |
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| 11 | <title>Mktemp-&mktemp-version;</title>
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| 12 |
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| 13 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-mktemp">
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| 14 | <primary sortas="a-Mktemp">Mktemp</primary>
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| 15 | </indexterm>
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| 16 |
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| 17 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 18 | <title/>
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| 19 |
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| 20 | <para>The Mktemp package contains programs used to create secure temporary
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| 21 | files in shell scripts.</para>
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| 22 |
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| 23 | <segmentedlist>
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| 24 | <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
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| 25 | <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
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| 26 |
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| 27 | <seglistitem>
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| 28 | <seg>&mktemp-ch6-sbu;</seg>
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| 29 | <seg>&mktemp-ch6-du;</seg>
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| 30 | </seglistitem>
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| 31 | </segmentedlist>
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| 32 |
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| 33 | </sect2>
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| 34 |
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| 35 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 36 | <title>Installation of Mktemp</title>
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| 37 |
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| 38 | <para>Many scripts still use the deprecated
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| 39 | <command>tempfile</command> program, which has functionality similar
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| 40 | to <command>mktemp</command>. Patch Mktemp to include a
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| 41 | <command>tempfile</command> wrapper:</para>
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| 42 |
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| 43 | <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&mktemp-tempfile-patch;</userinput></screen>
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| 44 |
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| 45 | <para>Prepare Mktemp for compilation:</para>
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| 46 |
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| 47 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --with-libc</userinput></screen>
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| 48 |
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| 49 | <variablelist>
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| 50 | <title>The meaning of the configure options:</title>
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| 51 |
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| 52 | <varlistentry>
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| 53 | <term><parameter>--with-libc</parameter></term>
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| 54 | <listitem>
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| 55 | <para>This causes the <command>mktemp</command> program to use the
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| 56 | <emphasis>mkstemp</emphasis> and <emphasis>mkdtemp</emphasis>
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| 57 | functions from the system C library instead of its own implementation
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| 58 | of them. </para>
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| 59 | </listitem>
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| 60 | </varlistentry>
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| 61 |
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| 62 | </variablelist>
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| 63 |
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| 64 | <para>Compile the package:</para>
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| 65 |
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| 66 | <screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
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| 67 |
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| 68 | <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
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| 69 |
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| 70 | <para>Install the package:</para>
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| 71 |
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| 72 | <screen><userinput>make install
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| 73 | make install-tempfile</userinput></screen>
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| 74 |
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| 75 | </sect2>
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| 76 |
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| 77 | <sect2 id="contents-mktemp" role="content">
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| 78 | <title>Contents of Mktemp</title>
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| 79 |
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| 80 | <segmentedlist>
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| 81 | <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
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| 82 |
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| 83 | <seglistitem>
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| 84 | <seg>mktemp and tempfile</seg>
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| 85 | </seglistitem>
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| 86 | </segmentedlist>
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| 87 |
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| 88 | <variablelist>
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| 89 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 90 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 91 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 92 |
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| 93 | <varlistentry id="mktemp">
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| 94 | <term><command>mktemp</command></term>
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| 95 | <listitem>
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| 96 | <para>Creates temporary files in a secure manner; it is used in
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| 97 | scripts</para>
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| 98 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-mktemp mktemp">
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| 99 | <primary sortas="b-mktemp">mktemp</primary>
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| 100 | </indexterm>
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| 101 | </listitem>
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| 102 | </varlistentry>
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| 103 |
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| 104 | <varlistentry id="tempfile">
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| 105 | <term><command>tempfile</command></term>
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| 106 | <listitem>
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| 107 | <para>Creates temporary files in a less secure manner than
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| 108 | <command>mktemp</command>; it is installed for
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| 109 | backwards-compatibility</para>
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| 110 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-mktemp tempfile">
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| 111 | <primary sortas="b-tempfile">tempfile</primary>
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| 112 | </indexterm>
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| 113 | </listitem>
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| 114 | </varlistentry>
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| 115 |
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| 116 | </variablelist>
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| 117 |
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| 118 | </sect2>
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| 119 |
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| 120 | </sect1>
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