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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">
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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 | <para>The Mktemp package contains programs used to create secure temporary
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| 13 | files in shell scripts.</para>
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| 14 |
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| 15 | <screen>&buildtime; 0.1 SBU
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| 16 | &diskspace; 317 KB</screen>
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| 17 |
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| 18 | <para>The installation dependencies for Mktemp haven't been checked yet.</para>
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| 19 |
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| 20 |
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| 21 |
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| 22 | <sect2>
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| 23 | <title>Installation of Mktemp</title>
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| 24 |
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| 25 | <para>Many scripts still use the deprecated <command>tempfile</command>
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| 26 | program, which has functionality much the same as <command>mktemp</command>.
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| 27 | Patch mktemp to include a <command>tempfile</command> wrapper:</para>
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| 28 |
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| 29 | <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../mktemp-&mktemp-version;-add-tempfile.patch</userinput></screen>
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| 30 |
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| 31 | <para>Now prepare Mktemp for compilation:</para>
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| 32 |
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| 33 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --with-libc</userinput></screen>
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| 34 |
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| 35 | <para>The meaning of the configure option:</para>
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| 36 |
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| 37 | <itemizedlist>
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| 38 | <listitem><para><userinput>--with-libc</userinput>: This causes the
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| 39 | <command>mktemp</command> program to use the <emphasis>mkstemp</emphasis>
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| 40 | and <emphasis>mkdtemp</emphasis> functions from the system C
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| 41 | library.</para></listitem>
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| 42 | </itemizedlist>
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| 43 |
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| 44 | <para>Compile the package:</para>
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| 45 |
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| 46 | <screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
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| 47 |
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| 48 | <para>Now install it:</para>
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| 49 |
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| 50 | <screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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| 51 |
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| 52 | </sect2>
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| 53 |
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| 54 |
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| 55 | <sect2 id="contents-mktemp"><title>Contents of Mktemp</title>
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| 56 |
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| 57 | <para><emphasis>Installed programs</emphasis>: mktemp, tempfile</para>
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| 58 |
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| 59 | </sect2>
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| 60 |
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| 61 | <sect2><title>Short descriptions</title>
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| 62 |
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| 63 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-mktemp mktemp"><primary sortas="b-mktemp">mktemp</primary></indexterm>
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| 64 | <para id="mktemp"><command>mktemp</command> creates temporary files in a secure manner.
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| 65 | It is used in scripts.</para>
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| 66 |
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| 67 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-mktemp tempfile"><primary sortas="b-tempfile">tempfile</primary></indexterm>
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| 68 | <para id="tempfile"><command>tempfile</command> creates temporary files in a less secure
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| 69 | manner than <command>mktemp</command>. It is installed for
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| 70 | backwards-compatibility.</para>
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| 71 |
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| 72 | </sect2>
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| 73 |
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| 74 |
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| 75 | </sect1>
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