[ale] Creating temporary files

[Christopher Fowler]

I once used the process ID and time since conception of UNIX in seconds to
create my temp files.

-----Original Message-----
 From: owner-ale at ale.org [mailto:owner-ale at ale.org]On Behalf Of Grey
Matter
Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 1999 7:32 PM
To: Joe Knapka; ale at ale.org
Subject: Re: [ale] Creating temporary files


mktemp

----- Original Message -----
 From: Joe Knapka <jknapka at charter.net>


> 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
>