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31 .TH TMPFILE 3 2016-03-15 "" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
33 tmpfile \- create a temporary file
38 .B FILE *tmpfile(void);
43 function opens a unique temporary file
44 in binary read/write (w+b) mode.
45 The file will be automatically deleted when it is closed or the
50 function returns a stream descriptor, or NULL if
51 a unique filename cannot be generated or the unique file cannot be
55 is set to indicate the error.
59 Search permission denied for directory in file's path prefix.
62 Unable to generate a unique filename.
65 The call was interrupted by a signal; see
69 The per-process limit on the number of open file descriptors has been reached.
72 The system-wide limit on the total number of open files has been reached.
75 There was no room in the directory to add the new filename.
80 For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
86 Interface Attribute Value
89 T} Thread safety MT-Safe
92 POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, C89, C99, SVr4, 4.3BSD, SUSv2.
94 POSIX.1-2001 specifies:
95 an error message may be written to
100 The standard does not specify the directory that
103 Glibc will try the path prefix
108 and if that fails the directory