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r3371@server (orig r1554): chris | 2006-05-10 14:03:44 -0700
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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  %general-entities;
6]>
7
8<sect1 id="ch-system-mktemp" role="wrap">
9  <?dbhtml filename="mktemp.html"?>
10
11  <title>Mktemp-&mktemp-version;</title>
12
13  <indexterm zone="ch-system-mktemp">
14    <primary sortas="a-Mktemp">Mktemp</primary>
15  </indexterm>
16
17  <sect2 role="package">
18    <title/>
19
20    <para>The Mktemp package contains programs used to create secure
21    temporary files in shell scripts.</para>
22
23  </sect2>
24
25  <sect2 role="installation">
26    <title>Installation of Mktemp</title>
27
28    <para os="a">Many scripts still use the deprecated <command>tempfile</command>
29    program, which has functionality similar to <command>mktemp</command>.
30    Patch Mktemp to include a <command>tempfile</command> wrapper:</para>
31
32<screen os="b"><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&mktemp-tempfile-patch;</userinput></screen>
33
34    <para os="c">Prepare Mktemp for compilation:</para>
35
36<screen os="d"><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --with-libc</userinput></screen>
37
38    <variablelist os="e">
39      <title>The meaning of the configure option:</title>
40
41      <varlistentry>
42        <term><parameter>--with-libc</parameter></term>
43        <listitem>
44          <para>This causes the <command>mktemp</command> program to use the
45          <emphasis>mkstemp</emphasis> and <emphasis>mkdtemp</emphasis>
46          functions from the system C library.</para>
47        </listitem>
48      </varlistentry>
49    </variablelist>
50
51    <para os="f">Compile the package:</para>
52
53<screen os="g"><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
54
55    <para os="h">This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
56
57    <para os="i">Install the package:</para>
58
59<screen os="j"><userinput>make install
60make install-tempfile</userinput></screen>
61
62  </sect2>
63
64  <sect2 id="contents-mktemp" role="content">
65    <title>Contents of Mktemp</title>
66
67    <segmentedlist>
68      <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
69
70      <seglistitem>
71        <seg>mktemp and tempfile</seg>
72      </seglistitem>
73    </segmentedlist>
74
75    <variablelist>
76      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
77      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
78      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
79
80      <varlistentry id="mktemp">
81        <term><command>mktemp</command></term>
82        <listitem>
83          <para>Creates temporary files in a secure manner; it is used in
84          scripts</para>
85          <indexterm zone="ch-system-mktemp mktemp">
86            <primary sortas="b-mktemp">mktemp</primary>
87          </indexterm>
88        </listitem>
89      </varlistentry>
90
91      <varlistentry id="tempfile">
92        <term><command>tempfile</command></term>
93        <listitem>
94          <para>Creates temporary files in a less secure manner than
95          <command>mktemp</command>; it is installed for
96          backwards-compatibility</para>
97          <indexterm zone="ch-system-mktemp tempfile">
98            <primary sortas="b-tempfile">tempfile</primary>
99          </indexterm>
100        </listitem>
101      </varlistentry>
102
103    </variablelist>
104
105  </sect2>
106
107</sect1>
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