[ale] Creating temporary files

[randy.dunlap at intel.com (Dunlap, Randy)]

man 1 mktemp

/Randy

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joe Knapka [mailto:jknapka at charter.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 1999 4:51 PM
> To: ale at ale.org
> Subject: [ale] Creating temporary files
> 
> 
> 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
>