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lbmk/util/sbase/mktemp.1
Leah Rowe e9a910b33c config/git: import suckless sbase
i currently use the output of sha512sum in several
places of xbmk, which is a bit unreliable in case
output changes.

other cases where i use util outputs in variables
are probably reliable, because i'm using mostly
posix utilities in those.

to mitigate this, i now import suckless sbase, which
has a reasonable sha512sum implementation.

*every* binary it builds is being placed in build.list,
because i'll probably start using more of them.

for example, i may start modifying the "date"
implementation, adding the GNU-specific options that
i need as mentioned on init.sh

i'm importing it in util/ because the sha512sum
util is needed for verifying project sources, so
if sbase itself is a "project source", that means
we can into a chicken and egg bootstrapping problem.

this is sbase at revision:
055cc1ae1b3a13c3d8f25af0a4a3316590efcd48

Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>
2025-10-04 09:20:12 +01:00

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.Dd October 8, 2015
.Dt MKTEMP 1
.Os sbase
.Sh NAME
.Nm mktemp
.Nd create temporary file or directory
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl dqtu
.Op Fl p Ar directory
.Op Ar template
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
creates a temporary file by generating a unique filename with
.Ar template ,
which has to have at least six 'X's appended to it.
If no
.Ar template
is specified, a default of 'tmp.XXXXXXXXXX' is used and the
tmpdir set to '/tmp' or, if set, the TMPDIR environment variable.
.Sh OPTIONS
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Fl d
Create a temporary directory instead of a file.
.It Fl p Ar directory
Use the specified
.Ar directory
as a prefix when generating the temporary filename.
The directory will be overridden by the user's
.Ev TMPDIR
environment variable if it is set.
This option implies the
.Fl t
flag (see below).
.It Fl q
Fail silently if an error occurs.
.It Fl t
Generate a path rooted in a temporary directory.
.It Fl u
Unlink file before
.Nm
exits.
This is slightly better than
.Xr mktemp 3
but still introduces a race condition.
Use of this option is not encouraged.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr mkdtemp 3 ,
.Xr mkstemp 3