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-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
-<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
- "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
- <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
- %general-entities;
-]>
-
-<sect1 id="ch-system-mktemp" role="wrap">
- <?dbhtml filename="mktemp.html"?>
-
- <sect1info condition="script">
- <productname>mktemp</productname>
- <productnumber>&mktemp-version;</productnumber>
- <address>&mktemp-url;</address>
- </sect1info>
-
- <title>Mktemp-&mktemp-version;</title>
-
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-mktemp">
- <primary sortas="a-Mktemp">Mktemp</primary>
- </indexterm>
-
- <sect2 role="package">
- <title/>
-
- <para>The Mktemp package contains programs used to create secure temporary
- files in shell scripts.</para>
-
- <segmentedlist>
- <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
- <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
-
- <seglistitem>
- <seg>&mktemp-ch6-sbu;</seg>
- <seg>&mktemp-ch6-du;</seg>
- </seglistitem>
- </segmentedlist>
-
- </sect2>
-
- <sect2 role="installation">
- <title>Installation of Mktemp</title>
-
- <para>Many scripts still use the deprecated
- <command>tempfile</command> program, which has functionality similar
- to <command>mktemp</command>. Patch Mktemp to include a
- <command>tempfile</command> wrapper:</para>
-
-<screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../&mktemp-tempfile-patch;</userinput></screen>
-
- <para>Prepare Mktemp for compilation:</para>
-
-<screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr --with-libc</userinput></screen>
-
- <variablelist>
- <title>The meaning of the configure options:</title>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><parameter>--with-libc</parameter></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>This causes the <command>mktemp</command> program to use the
- <emphasis>mkstemp</emphasis> and <emphasis>mkdtemp</emphasis>
- functions from the system C library instead of its own implementation
- of them. </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- </variablelist>
-
- <para>Compile the package:</para>
-
-<screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
-
- <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
-
- <para>Install the package:</para>
-
-<screen><userinput remap="install">make install
-make install-tempfile</userinput></screen>
-
- </sect2>
-
- <sect2 id="contents-mktemp" role="content">
- <title>Contents of Mktemp</title>
-
- <segmentedlist>
- <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
-
- <seglistitem>
- <seg>mktemp and tempfile</seg>
- </seglistitem>
- </segmentedlist>
-
- <variablelist>
- <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
- <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
- <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
-
- <varlistentry id="mktemp">
- <term><command>mktemp</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Creates temporary files in a secure manner; it is used in
- scripts</para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-mktemp mktemp">
- <primary sortas="b-mktemp">mktemp</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry id="tempfile">
- <term><command>tempfile</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Creates temporary files in a less secure manner than
- <command>mktemp</command>; it is installed for
- backwards-compatibility</para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-mktemp tempfile">
- <primary sortas="b-tempfile">tempfile</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- </variablelist>
-
- </sect2>
-
-</sect1>