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2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd" [
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3 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
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4 | %general-entities;
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5 | ]>
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6 | <sect1 id="ch-system-mktemp" xreflabel="Mktemp" role="wrap">
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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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12 | <sect2 role="package"><title/>
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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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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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21 |
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22 | <para>The installation dependencies for Mktemp haven't been checked yet.</para>
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23 |
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24 | </sect2>
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25 |
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26 | <sect2 role="installation">
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27 | <title>Installation of Mktemp</title>
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28 |
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29 | <para>Many scripts still use the deprecated <command>tempfile</command>
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30 | program, which has functionality much the same as <command>mktemp</command>.
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31 | Patch mktemp to include a <command>tempfile</command> wrapper:</para>
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32 |
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33 | <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../mktemp-&mktemp-version;-add_tempfile-1.patch</userinput></screen>
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34 |
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35 | <para>Now prepare Mktemp for compilation:</para>
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36 |
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37 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --with-libc</userinput></screen>
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38 |
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39 | <para>The meaning of the configure option:</para>
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40 |
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41 | <variablelist>
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42 | <varlistentry>
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43 | <term><userinput>--with-libc</userinput></term>
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44 | <listitem><para>This causes the <command>mktemp</command> program to
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45 | use the <emphasis>mkstemp</emphasis> and <emphasis>mkdtemp</emphasis>
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46 | functions from the system C library.</para></listitem>
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47 | </varlistentry>
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48 | </variablelist>
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49 |
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50 | <para>Compile the package:</para>
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51 |
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52 | <screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
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53 |
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54 | <para>Now install it:</para>
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55 |
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56 | <screen><userinput>make install</userinput>
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57 | <userinput>make install-tempfile</userinput></screen>
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58 |
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59 | </sect2>
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60 |
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61 |
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62 | <sect2 id="contents-mktemp" role="content"><title>Contents of Mktemp</title>
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63 |
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64 | <segmentedlist>
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65 | <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
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66 | <seglistitem><seg>mktemp, tempfile</seg></seglistitem>
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67 | </segmentedlist>
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68 |
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69 | <variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title>
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70 |
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71 | <varlistentry id="mktemp">
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72 | <term><command>mktemp</command></term>
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73 | <listitem>
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74 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-mktemp mktemp"><primary sortas="b-mktemp">mktemp</primary></indexterm>
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75 | <para>creates temporary files in a secure manner. It is used in scripts.</para>
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76 | </listitem>
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77 | </varlistentry>
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78 |
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79 | <varlistentry id="tempfile">
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80 | <term><command>tempfile</command></term>
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81 | <listitem>
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82 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-mktemp tempfile"><primary sortas="b-tempfile">tempfile</primary></indexterm>
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83 | <para>creates temporary files in a less secure manner than
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84 | <command>mktemp</command>. It is installed for backwards-compatibility.</para>
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85 | </listitem>
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86 | </varlistentry>
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87 | </variablelist>
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88 |
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89 | </sect2>
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90 |
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91 | </sect1>
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