[ale] Creating temporary files

[jknapka at charter.net (Joe Knapka)]

Hello, everyone,

Is there a standard command-line utility
that creates a unique temporary file and returns its name,
say for use in a shell script? I've combed the
man pages and checked the -Unix-System-Administration-
Handbook- (Nemeth et al), but no such thing is
mentioned. I'd be truly astonished if it didn't
exist, though...

Thanks,

-- Joe Knapka