[ale] Creating temporary files

[Joe Knapka]

Thanks. Apparently my man pages aren't all
installed correctly...

"Dunlap, Randy" wrote:
> 
> man 1 mktemp
> 
> /Randy
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Joe Knapka [mailto:jknapka at charter.net]
> > Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 1999 4:51 PM
> > To: ale at ale.org
> > Subject: [ale] Creating temporary files
> >
> >
> > Hello, everyone,
> >
> > Is there a standard command-line utility
> > that creates a unique temporary file and returns its name,
> > say for use in a shell script? I've combed the
> > man pages and checked the -Unix-System-Administration-
> > Handbook- (Nemeth et al), but no such thing is
> > mentioned. I'd be truly astonished if it didn't
> > exist, though...
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > -- Joe Knapka
> >

-- Joe Knapka