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| 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent"> |
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| 5 | %general-entities; |
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| 6 | ]> |
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| 7 | |
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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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[ede92d9] | 27 | <seg>Bash, Coreutils, Make, Patch, and Zlib</seg> |
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[bf8c11f] | 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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[e6423a01] | 44 | <screen os="d"><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --with-libc</userinput></screen> |
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[bf8c11f] | 45 | |
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[e6423a01] | 46 | <variablelist os="e"> |
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[bf8c11f] | 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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[e6423a01] | 59 | <para os="f">Compile the package:</para> |
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[bf8c11f] | 60 | |
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[e6423a01] | 61 | <screen os="g"><userinput>make</userinput></screen> |
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[bf8c11f] | 62 | |
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[e6423a01] | 63 | <para os="h">Install the package:</para> |
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[bf8c11f] | 64 | |
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[e6423a01] | 65 | <screen os="i"><userinput>make install |
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[bf8c11f] | 66 | make install-tempfile</userinput></screen> |
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| 67 | |
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| 68 | </sect2> |
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| 69 | |
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| 70 | <sect2 id="contents-mktemp" role="content"> |
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| 71 | <title>Contents of Mktemp</title> |
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| 72 | |
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| 73 | <segmentedlist> |
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| 74 | <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle> |
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| 75 | |
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| 76 | <seglistitem> |
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| 77 | <seg>mktemp and tempfile</seg> |
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| 78 | </seglistitem> |
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| 79 | </segmentedlist> |
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| 80 | |
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| 81 | <variablelist> |
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| 82 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead> |
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| 83 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?> |
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| 84 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?> |
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| 85 | |
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| 86 | <varlistentry id="mktemp"> |
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| 87 | <term><command>mktemp</command></term> |
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| 88 | <listitem> |
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| 89 | <para>Creates temporary files in a secure manner; it is used in |
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| 90 | scripts</para> |
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| 91 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-mktemp mktemp"> |
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| 92 | <primary sortas="b-mktemp">mktemp</primary> |
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| 93 | </indexterm> |
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| 94 | </listitem> |
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| 95 | </varlistentry> |
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| 96 | |
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| 97 | <varlistentry id="tempfile"> |
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| 98 | <term><command>tempfile</command></term> |
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| 99 | <listitem> |
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| 100 | <para>Creates temporary files in a less secure manner than |
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| 101 | <command>mktemp</command>; it is installed for |
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| 102 | backwards-compatibility</para> |
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| 103 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-mktemp tempfile"> |
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| 104 | <primary sortas="b-tempfile">tempfile</primary> |
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| 105 | </indexterm> |
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| 106 | </listitem> |
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| 107 | </varlistentry> |
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| 108 | |
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| 109 | </variablelist> |
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| 110 | |
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| 111 | </sect2> |
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| 112 | |
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| 113 | </sect1> |
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