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1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
2<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN"
3 "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [
4 <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
5 <!ENTITY % patches-entities SYSTEM "../../patches.ent">
6 %general-entities;
7 %patches-entities;
8]>
9
10<sect1 id="ch-system-mktemp" role="wrap">
11 <?dbhtml filename="mktemp.html"?>
12
13 <title>Mktemp-&mktemp-version;</title>
14
15 <indexterm zone="ch-system-mktemp">
16 <primary sortas="a-Mktemp">Mktemp</primary>
17 </indexterm>
18
19 <sect2 role="package">
20 <title/>
21
22 <para>The Mktemp package contains programs used to create secure
23 temporary files in shell scripts.</para>
24
25 <segmentedlist>
26 <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
27 <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
28
29 <seglistitem>
30 <seg>Not checked yet</seg>
31 <seg>Not checked yet</seg>
32 </seglistitem>
33 </segmentedlist>
34
35 <segmentedlist>
36 <segtitle>&dependencies;</segtitle>
37
38 <seglistitem>
39 <seg>Coreutils, Make, and Patch</seg>
40 </seglistitem>
41 </segmentedlist>
42
43 </sect2>
44
45 <sect2 role="installation">
46 <title>Installation of Mktemp</title>
47
48 <para os="a">Many scripts still use the deprecated <command>tempfile</command>
49 program, which has functionality similar to <command>mktemp</command>.
50 Patch Mktemp to include a <command>tempfile</command> wrapper:</para>
51
52<screen os="b"><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&mktemp-tempfile-patch;</userinput></screen>
53
54 <para os="c">Prepare Mktemp for compilation:</para>
55
56<screen os="c1"><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --with-libc</userinput></screen>
57
58 <variablelist os="d">
59 <title>The meaning of the configure option:</title>
60
61 <varlistentry>
62 <term><parameter>--with-libc</parameter></term>
63 <listitem>
64 <para>This causes the <command>mktemp</command> program to use the
65 <emphasis>mkstemp</emphasis> and <emphasis>mkdtemp</emphasis>
66 functions from the system C library.</para>
67 </listitem>
68 </varlistentry>
69 </variablelist>
70
71 <para os="e">Compile the package:</para>
72
73<screen os="f"><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
74
75 <para os="g">Install the package:</para>
76
77<screen os="h"><userinput>make install
78make install-tempfile</userinput></screen>
79
80 </sect2>
81
82 <sect2 id="contents-mktemp" role="content">
83 <title>Contents of Mktemp</title>
84
85 <segmentedlist>
86 <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
87
88 <seglistitem>
89 <seg>mktemp and tempfile</seg>
90 </seglistitem>
91 </segmentedlist>
92
93 <variablelist>
94 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
95 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
96 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
97
98 <varlistentry id="mktemp">
99 <term><command>mktemp</command></term>
100 <listitem>
101 <para>Creates temporary files in a secure manner; it is used in
102 scripts</para>
103 <indexterm zone="ch-system-mktemp mktemp">
104 <primary sortas="b-mktemp">mktemp</primary>
105 </indexterm>
106 </listitem>
107 </varlistentry>
108
109 <varlistentry id="tempfile">
110 <term><command>tempfile</command></term>
111 <listitem>
112 <para>Creates temporary files in a less secure manner than
113 <command>mktemp</command>; it is installed for
114 backwards-compatibility</para>
115 <indexterm zone="ch-system-mktemp tempfile">
116 <primary sortas="b-tempfile">tempfile</primary>
117 </indexterm>
118 </listitem>
119 </varlistentry>
120
121 </variablelist>
122
123 </sect2>
124
125</sect1>
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