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<h3>TMPNAM(3) Linux Programmer's Manual TMPNAM(3)
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<h3>NAME
</h3> tmpnam - create a name for a temporary file
<h3>SYNOPSIS
</h3> #include <stdio.h>
char *tmpnam(char *s);
<h3>DESCRIPTION
</h3> The tmpnam() function generates a unique temporary file-
name using the path prefix P_tmpdir defined in <stdio.h>.
If the argument s is NULL, tmpnam() returns the address of
an internal static area which holds the filename, which is
overwritten by subsequent calls to tmpnam(). If s is not
NULL, the filename is returned in s.
<h3>RETURN VALUE
</h3> The tmpnam() function returns a pointer to the unique tem-
porary filename, or NULL if a unique name cannot be gener-
ated.
<h3>ERRORS
</h3> EEXIST Unable to generate a unique filename.
<h3>CONFORMING TO
</h3> SVID 3, POSIX, BSD 4.3, ISO 9899
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<h3>SEE ALSO
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<a href=mktemp.htm>mktemp</a>,
<a href=mkstemp.htm>mkstemp</a>,
<a href=tempnam.htm>tempnam</a>,
<a href=tmpfile.htm>tmpfile</a>,
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<h3>GNU April 3, 1993 1
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