[ale] Creating temporary files

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

The other possibility is that Linux distributions
can choose what other s/w they include and you happen
to have one that doesn't include mktemp.

~Randy

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joe Knapka [mailto:jknapka at charter.net]
> Sent: Thursday, December 02, 1999 3:23 AM
> To: Dunlap, Randy
> Cc: ale at ale.org
> Subject: Re: [ale] Creating temporary files
> 
> 
> Thanks. Apparently my man pages aren't all
> installed correctly...
> 
> "Dunlap, Randy" wrote:
> > 
> > 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
> > >
> 
> -- Joe Knapka
>