BOOK/chapter06/mktemp.xml

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   6 <sect1 id="ch-system-mktemp" xreflabel="Mktemp">
   7 <title>Mktemp-&mktemp-version;</title>
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   9
  10 <indexterm zone="ch-system-mktemp"><primary sortas="a-Mktemp">Mktemp</primary></indexterm>
  11
  12 <para>The Mktemp package contains programs used to create secure temporary
  13 files in shell scripts.</para>
  14
  15 <screen>&buildtime; 0.1 SBU
  16 &diskspace; 317 KB</screen>
  17
  18 <para>The installation dependencies for Mktemp haven't been checked yet.</para>
  19
  20
  21
  22 <sect2>
  23 <title>Installation of Mktemp</title>
  24
  25 <para>Many scripts still use the deprecated <command>tempfile</command>
  26 program, which has functionality much the same as <command>mktemp</command>.
  27 Patch mktemp to include a <command>tempfile</command> wrapper:</para>
  28
  29 <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../mktemp-&mktemp-version;-add-tempfile.patch</userinput></screen>
  30
  31 <para>Now prepare Mktemp for compilation:</para>
  32
  33 <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --with-libc</userinput></screen>
  34
  35 <para>The meaning of the configure option:</para>
  36
  37 <itemizedlist>
  38 <listitem><para><userinput>--with-libc</userinput>: This causes the
  39 <command>mktemp</command> program to use the <emphasis>mkstemp</emphasis>
  40 and <emphasis>mkdtemp</emphasis> functions from the system C
  41 library.</para></listitem>
  42 </itemizedlist>
  43
  44 <para>Compile the package:</para>
  45
  46 <screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
  47
  48 <para>Now install it:</para>
  49
  50 <screen><userinput>make install</userinput>
  51 <userinput>make install-tempfile</userinput></screen>
  52
  53 </sect2>
  54
  55
  56 <sect2 id="contents-mktemp"><title>Contents of Mktemp</title>
  57
  58 <para><emphasis>Installed programs</emphasis>: mktemp, tempfile</para>
  59
  60 </sect2>
  61
  62 <sect2><title>Short descriptions</title>
  63
  64 <indexterm zone="ch-system-mktemp mktemp"><primary sortas="b-mktemp">mktemp</primary></indexterm>
  65 <para id="mktemp"><command>mktemp</command> creates temporary files in a secure manner.
  66 It is used in scripts.</para>
  67
  68 <indexterm zone="ch-system-mktemp tempfile"><primary sortas="b-tempfile">tempfile</primary></indexterm>
  69 <para id="tempfile"><command>tempfile</command> creates temporary files in a less secure
  70 manner than <command>mktemp</command>. It is installed for
  71 backwards-compatibility.</para>
  72
  73 </sect2>
  74
  75
  76 </sect1>