Linux cli command tmpfile

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NAME 🖥️ tmpfile 🖥️

create a temporary file

LIBRARY

Standard C library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS

#include <stdio.h>
FILE *tmpfile(void);

DESCRIPTION

The tmpfile() function opens a unique temporary file in binary read/write (w+b) mode. The file will be automatically deleted when it is closed or the program terminates.

RETURN VALUE

The tmpfile() function returns a stream descriptor, or NULL if a unique filename cannot be generated or the unique file cannot be opened. In the latter case, errno is set to indicate the error.

ERRORS

EACCES
Search permission denied for directory in file’s path prefix.

EEXIST
Unable to generate a unique filename.

EINTR
The call was interrupted by a signal; see signal(7).

EMFILE
The per-process limit on the number of open file descriptors has been reached.

ENFILE
The system-wide limit on the total number of open files has been reached.

ENOSPC
There was no room in the directory to add the new filename.

EROFS
Read-only filesystem.

ATTRIBUTES

For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).

InterfaceAttributeValue

tmpfile()

Thread safetyMT-Safe

VERSIONS

The standard does not specify the directory that tmpfile() will use. glibc will try the path prefix P_tmpdir defined in <stdio.h>, and if that fails, then the directory /tmp.

STANDARDS

C11, POSIX.1-2008.

HISTORY

POSIX.1-2001, C89, SVr4, 4.3BSD, SUSv2.

NOTES

POSIX.1-2001 specifies: an error message may be written to stdout if the stream cannot be opened.

SEE ALSO

exit(3), mkstemp(3), mktemp(3), tempnam(3), tmpnam(3)

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