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