lfs-book/chapter06/mktemp.xml

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<sect1 id="ch-system-mktemp" xreflabel="Mktemp">
<title>Mktemp-&mktemp-version;</title>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-mktemp"><primary sortas="a-Mktemp">Mktemp</primary></indexterm>

<para>The Mktemp package contains programs used to create secure temporary
files in shell scripts.</para>

<screen>&buildtime; 0.1 SBU
&diskspace; 317 KB</screen>

<para>The installation dependencies for Mktemp haven't been checked yet.</para>



<sect2>
<title>Installation of Mktemp</title>

<para>Many scripts still use the deprecated <command>tempfile</command>
program, which has functionality much the same as <command>mktemp</command>.
Patch mktemp to include a <command>tempfile</command> wrapper:</para>

<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../mktemp-&mktemp-version;-add-tempfile.patch</userinput></screen>

<para>Now prepare Mktemp for compilation:</para>

<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --with-libc</userinput></screen>

<para>The meaning of the configure option:</para>

<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para><userinput>--with-libc</userinput>: This causes the
<command>mktemp</command> program to use the <emphasis>mkstemp</emphasis>
and <emphasis>mkdtemp</emphasis> functions from the system C
library.</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>

<para>Compile the package:</para>

<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>

<para>Now install it:</para>

<screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>

</sect2>


<sect2 id="contents-mktemp"><title>Contents of Mktemp</title>

<para><emphasis>Installed programs</emphasis>: mktemp, tempfile</para>

</sect2>

<sect2><title>Short descriptions</title>

<indexterm zone="ch-system-mktemp mktemp"><primary sortas="b-mktemp">mktemp</primary></indexterm>
<para id="mktemp"><command>mktemp</command> creates temporary files in a secure manner.
It is used in scripts.</para>

<indexterm zone="ch-system-mktemp tempfile"><primary sortas="b-tempfile">tempfile</primary></indexterm>
<para id="tempfile"><command>tempfile</command> creates temporary files in a less secure
manner than <command>mktemp</command>. It is installed for
backwards-compatibility.</para>

</sect2>


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