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Borland C++ 3.1 › <dir.h>

mktemp

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Makes a unique file name.

Defined in header <dir.h>

Syntax

#include <dir.h>
char *mktempCchar  *template);

Portability

DOSUNIXWindowsANSI CC++ only
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Remarks

mktemp replaces the string pointed to by template with a unique file name and returns template.

template should be a null-terminated string with six trailing Xs. These Xs are replaced with a unique collection of letters plus a period, so that there are two letters, a period, and three suffix letters in the new file name.

Starting with AA.AAA, the new file name is assigned by looking up the name on the disk and avoiding pre-existing names of the same format.

Return value

If template is well-formed, mktemp returns the address of the template string. Otherwise, it returns null.

Example

include  <dir.h>
#include <stdio.h>

int main(void)
{
   /* fname defines template for temporary file  */
   char *fname = "TXXXXXX", *ptr;
   ptr = mktemp(fname);
   printf("%s\n",ptr);
   return 0;
}

Differences from modern implementations

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Modern references

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Extraction notes

  • heading `mktennp` read as `mktemp`

Stable link: /3.1/dir.h/mktemp/ · short form /3.1/mktemp/