source: BOOK/final-system/common/mktemp.xml@ 277483d

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<sect1 id="ch-system-mktemp" role="wrap">
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  <title>Mktemp-&mktemp-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="ch-system-mktemp">
    <primary sortas="a-Mktemp">Mktemp</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title/>

    <para>The Mktemp package contains programs used to create secure
    temporary files in shell scripts.</para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of Mktemp</title>

    <para os="a">Many scripts still use the deprecated <command>tempfile</command>
    program, which has functionality similar to <command>mktemp</command>.
    Patch Mktemp to include a <command>tempfile</command> wrapper:</para>

<screen os="b"><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&mktemp-tempfile-patch;</userinput></screen>

    <para os="c">Prepare Mktemp for compilation:</para>

<screen os="d"><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --with-libc</userinput></screen>

    <variablelist os="e">
      <title>The meaning of the configure option:</title>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><parameter>--with-libc</parameter></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>This causes the <command>mktemp</command> program to use the
          <emphasis>mkstemp</emphasis> and <emphasis>mkdtemp</emphasis>
          functions from the system C library.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
    </variablelist>

    <para os="f">Compile the package:</para>

<screen os="g"><userinput>make</userinput></screen>

    <para os="h">This package does not come with a test suite.</para>

    <para os="i">Install the package:</para>

<screen os="j"><userinput>make install
make install-tempfile</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 id="contents-mktemp" role="content">
    <title>Contents of Mktemp</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>mktemp and tempfile</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="mktemp">
        <term><command>mktemp</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Creates temporary files in a secure manner; it is used in
          scripts</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-mktemp mktemp">
            <primary sortas="b-mktemp">mktemp</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="tempfile">
        <term><command>tempfile</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Creates temporary files in a less secure manner than
          <command>mktemp</command>; it is installed for
          backwards-compatibility</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-mktemp tempfile">
            <primary sortas="b-tempfile">tempfile</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

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