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[c2133bc] | 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [
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[673b0d8] | 3 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
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| 4 | %general-entities;
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| 5 | ]>
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[752f4e5] | 6 | <sect1 id="ch-system-mktemp" role="wrap">
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[673b0d8] | 7 | <title>Mktemp-&mktemp-version;</title>
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| 8 | <?dbhtml filename="mktemp.html"?>
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| 9 |
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| 10 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-mktemp"><primary sortas="a-Mktemp">Mktemp</primary></indexterm>
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| 11 |
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[a001133] | 12 | <sect2 role="package"><title/>
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[673b0d8] | 13 | <para>The Mktemp package contains programs used to create secure temporary
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| 14 | files in shell scripts.</para>
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| 15 |
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[a001133] | 16 | <segmentedlist>
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| 17 | <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
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| 18 | <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
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| 19 | <seglistitem><seg>0.1 SBU</seg><seg>317 KB</seg></seglistitem>
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| 20 | </segmentedlist>
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[673b0d8] | 21 |
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[ef13657] | 22 | <segmentedlist>
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[a0e1913] | 23 | <segtitle>&dependencies;</segtitle>
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[69993f4] | 24 | <seglistitem><seg>Coreutils, Make, and Patch</seg></seglistitem>
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[ef13657] | 25 | </segmentedlist>
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[a001133] | 26 | </sect2>
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[673b0d8] | 27 |
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[a001133] | 28 | <sect2 role="installation">
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[673b0d8] | 29 | <title>Installation of Mktemp</title>
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| 30 |
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[ef13657] | 31 | <para>Many scripts still use the deprecated
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| 32 | <command>tempfile</command> program, which has functionality similar
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| 33 | to <command>mktemp</command>. Patch Mktemp to include a
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| 34 | <command>tempfile</command> wrapper:</para>
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[673b0d8] | 35 |
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[71bbe67] | 36 | <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../mktemp-&mktemp-version;-add_tempfile-1.patch</userinput></screen>
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[673b0d8] | 37 |
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[ef13657] | 38 | <para>Prepare Mktemp for compilation:</para>
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[673b0d8] | 39 |
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| 40 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --with-libc</userinput></screen>
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| 41 |
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| 42 | <para>The meaning of the configure option:</para>
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| 43 |
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[df8334f] | 44 | <variablelist>
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| 45 | <varlistentry>
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[ef57e3b] | 46 | <term><parameter>--with-libc</parameter></term>
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[df8334f] | 47 | <listitem><para>This causes the <command>mktemp</command> program to
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| 48 | use the <emphasis>mkstemp</emphasis> and <emphasis>mkdtemp</emphasis>
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| 49 | functions from the system C library.</para></listitem>
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| 50 | </varlistentry>
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| 51 | </variablelist>
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[673b0d8] | 52 |
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[b48b8c5] | 53 |
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[2256873] | 54 |
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[673b0d8] | 55 | <para>Compile the package:</para>
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| 56 |
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| 57 | <screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
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| 58 |
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[ef13657] | 59 | <para>Install the package:</para>
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[673b0d8] | 60 |
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[ef57e3b] | 61 | <screen><userinput>make install
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| 62 | make install-tempfile</userinput></screen>
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[673b0d8] | 63 |
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| 64 | </sect2>
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| 65 |
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| 66 |
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[c6cb3aa] | 67 | <sect2 id="contents-mktemp" role="content"><title>Contents of Mktemp</title>
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[673b0d8] | 68 |
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[c6cb3aa] | 69 | <segmentedlist>
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| 70 | <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
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[69993f4] | 71 | <seglistitem><seg>mktemp and tempfile</seg></seglistitem>
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[c6cb3aa] | 72 | </segmentedlist>
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[673b0d8] | 73 |
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[2256873] | 74 | <variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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[3ed279f] | 75 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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[c5f9180] | 76 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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[673b0d8] | 77 |
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[b8a819f] | 78 | <varlistentry id="mktemp">
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| 79 | <term><command>mktemp</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 80 | <listitem>
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[2256873] | 81 | <para>Creates temporary files in a secure manner; it is used in scripts</para>
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[3ed279f] | 82 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-mktemp mktemp"><primary sortas="b-mktemp">mktemp</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 83 | </listitem>
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| 84 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 85 |
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[b8a819f] | 86 | <varlistentry id="tempfile">
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| 87 | <term><command>tempfile</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 88 | <listitem>
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[2256873] | 89 | <para>Creates temporary files in a less secure manner than
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| 90 | <command>mktemp</command>; it is installed for backwards-compatibility</para>
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[3ed279f] | 91 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-mktemp tempfile"><primary sortas="b-tempfile">tempfile</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 92 | </listitem>
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| 93 | </varlistentry>
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| 94 | </variablelist>
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[673b0d8] | 95 |
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| 96 | </sect2>
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| 97 |
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| 98 | </sect1>
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[ef13657] | 99 |
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