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1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
2<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [
3 <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
4 %general-entities;
5]>
6<sect1 id="ch-system-mktemp" role="wrap">
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
12<sect2 role="package"><title/>
13<para>The Mktemp package contains programs used to create secure temporary
14files in shell scripts.</para>
15
16<segmentedlist>
17<segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
18<segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
19<seglistitem><seg>0.1 SBU</seg><seg>317 KB</seg></seglistitem>
20</segmentedlist>
21
22<segmentedlist>
23<segtitle>&dependencies;</segtitle>
24<seglistitem><seg>Coreutils, Make, and Patch</seg></seglistitem>
25</segmentedlist>
26</sect2>
27
28<sect2 role="installation">
29<title>Installation of Mktemp</title>
30
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>
35
36<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../mktemp-&mktemp-version;-add_tempfile-1.patch</userinput></screen>
37
38<para>Prepare Mktemp for compilation:</para>
39
40<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --with-libc</userinput></screen>
41
42<para>The meaning of the configure option:</para>
43
44<variablelist>
45<varlistentry>
46<term><parameter>--with-libc</parameter></term>
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>
52
53<para>Compile the package:</para>
54
55<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
56
57<para>Install the package:</para>
58
59<screen><userinput>make install
60make install-tempfile</userinput></screen>
61
62</sect2>
63
64
65<sect2 id="contents-mktemp" role="content"><title>Contents of Mktemp</title>
66
67<segmentedlist>
68<segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
69<seglistitem><seg>mktemp and tempfile</seg></seglistitem>
70</segmentedlist>
71
72<variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
73<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
74<?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
75
76<varlistentry id="mktemp">
77<term><command>mktemp</command></term>
78<listitem>
79<para>Creates temporary files in a secure manner; it is used in scripts</para>
80<indexterm zone="ch-system-mktemp mktemp"><primary sortas="b-mktemp">mktemp</primary></indexterm>
81</listitem>
82</varlistentry>
83
84<varlistentry id="tempfile">
85<term><command>tempfile</command></term>
86<listitem>
87<para>Creates temporary files in a less secure manner than
88<command>mktemp</command>; it is installed for backwards-compatibility</para>
89<indexterm zone="ch-system-mktemp tempfile"><primary sortas="b-tempfile">tempfile</primary></indexterm>
90</listitem>
91</varlistentry>
92</variablelist>
93
94</sect2>
95
96</sect1>
97
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