mkdtemp - create a unique temporary directory

       For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).
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       │ Interface                                                                   │ Attribute     │ Value   │
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       │ mkdtemp()                                                                   │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
       └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘

       The  mkdtemp()  function  generates  a  uniquely  named  temporary directory from template.  The last six
       characters of template must be XXXXXX and these are replaced with a string that makes the directory  name
       unique.   The  directory is then created with permissions 0700.  Since it will be modified, template must
       not be a string constant, but should be declared as a character array.

EINVAL The last six characters of template were not XXXXXX.  Now template is unchanged.

       Also see mkdir(2) for other possible values for errno.

       glibc 2.1.91.  NetBSD 1.4.  POSIX.1-2008.

       Standard C library (libc, -lc)

       mkdtemp - create a unique temporary directory

       The mkdtemp() function returns a pointer to the modified template string on success, and NULL on failure,
       in which case errno is set to indicate the error.

mktemp(1), mkdir(2), mkstemp(3), mktemp(3), tempnam(3), tmpfile(3), tmpnam(3)

Linux man-pages 6.9.1                              2024-05-02                                         mkdtemp(3)

       POSIX.1-2008.

#include<stdlib.h>char*mkdtemp(char*template);

   Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):

       mkdtemp():
           /* Since glibc 2.19: */ _DEFAULT_SOURCE
               || /* glibc 2.19 and earlier: */ _BSD_SOURCE
               || /* Since glibc 2.10: */ _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200809L