lfs/chapter06/mktemp.xml
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<!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
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]>
<sect1 id="ch-system-mktemp" role="wrap">
<?dbhtml filename="mktemp.html"?>
<title>Mktemp-&mktemp-version;</title>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-mktemp">
<primary sortas="a-Mktemp">Mktemp</primary>
</indexterm>
<sect2 role="package">
<title/>
<para>The Mktemp package contains programs used to create secure temporary
files in shell scripts.</para>
<segmentedlist>
<segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
<segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
<seglistitem>
<seg>0.1 SBU</seg>
<seg>436 KB</seg>
</seglistitem>
</segmentedlist>
<segmentedlist>
<segtitle>&dependencies;</segtitle>
<seglistitem>
<seg>Coreutils, Make, Patch, and Zlib</seg>
</seglistitem>
</segmentedlist>
</sect2>
<sect2 role="installation">
<title>Installation of Mktemp</title>
<para>Many scripts still use the deprecated
<command>tempfile</command> program, which has functionality similar
to <command>mktemp</command>. Patch Mktemp to include a
<command>tempfile</command> wrapper:</para>
<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&mktemp-tempfile-patch;</userinput></screen>
<para>Prepare Mktemp for compilation:</para>
<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --with-libc</userinput></screen>
<variablelist>
<title>The meaning of the configure options:</title>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>--with-libc</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>This causes the <command>mktemp</command> program to use the
<emphasis>mkstemp</emphasis> and <emphasis>mkdtemp</emphasis>
functions from the system C library instead of its own implementation
of them. </para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
<para>Compile the package:</para>
<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
<para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
<para>Install the package:</para>
<screen><userinput>make install
make install-tempfile</userinput></screen>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="contents-mktemp" role="content">
<title>Contents of Mktemp</title>
<segmentedlist>
<segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
<seglistitem>
<seg>mktemp and tempfile</seg>
</seglistitem>
</segmentedlist>
<variablelist>
<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
<?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
<varlistentry id="mktemp">
<term><command>mktemp</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Creates temporary files in a secure manner; it is used in
scripts</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-mktemp mktemp">
<primary sortas="b-mktemp">mktemp</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="tempfile">
<term><command>tempfile</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Creates temporary files in a less secure manner than
<command>mktemp</command>; it is installed for
backwards-compatibility</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-mktemp tempfile">
<primary sortas="b-tempfile">tempfile</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</sect2>
</sect1>