Manual: rust-mktemp
MKTEMP(1) General Commands Manual MKTEMP(1)
NAME
mktemp - Create a temporary file or directory.
SYNOPSIS
mktemp [-d|--directory] [-u|--dry-run] [-q|--quiet] [--suffix] [-p ] [--tmpdir] [-t ] [-h|--help] [-V|--version]
[template]
DESCRIPTION
Create a temporary file or directory.
OPTIONS
-d, --directory
Make a directory instead of a file
-u, --dry-run
do not create anything; merely print a name (unsafe)
-q, --quiet
Fail silently if an error occurs.
--suffix
append SUFFIX to TEMPLATE; SUFFIX must not contain a path separator. This option is implied if TEMPLATE does
not end with X.
-p
short form of --tmpdir
--tmpdir[=]
interpret TEMPLATE relative to DIR; if DIR is not specified, use $TMPDIR ($TMP on windows) if set, else /tmp.
With this option, TEMPLATE must not be an absolute name; unlike with -t, TEMPLATE may contain slashes, but mkβ
temp creates only the final component
-t Generate a template (using the supplied prefix and TMPDIR (TMP on windows) if set) to create a filename temβ
plate [deprecated]
-h, --help
Print help
-V, --version
Print version
[template]
VERSION
v(uutils coreutils) 0.8.0
2026-04-16 MKTEMP(1)