tmpfile.3s (2010 09)

tmpﬁle(3S) tmpﬁle(3S)

NAME

tmpﬁle( ) - create a temporary ﬁle

SYNOPSIS

#include <stdio.h>

FILE *tmpfile(void);

DESCRIPTION

tmpfile() creates a temporary ﬁle by generating a name through

tmpnam() (see tmpnam(3S)), and

returns a corresponding

FILE pointer. If the ﬁle cannot be opened a NULL pointer is returned. The ﬁle

is automatically deleted when the process using it terminates. The ﬁle is opened for update (

wb+).

Notes

On HP-UX systems, the

wb+ mode is equivalent to the

w+ mode.

ERRORS

The

tmpfile() function will fail if:

[EOVERFLOW] The named ﬁle is a regular ﬁle and the size of the ﬁle cannot be

represented correctly in an object of size

off_t in this environment.

Additional

errno values may be set by the underlying fopen() function (see fopen (3S)).

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tmpfile(3S) tmpfile(3S) NAME tmpfile( ) - create a temporary file SYNOPSIS #include FILE *tmpfile(void); DESCRIPTION tmpfile() creates a temporary file by generating a name through tmpnam() (see tmpnam (3S)), and returns a corresponding FILE pointer. If the file cannot be opened a NULL pointer is returned. The file is automatically deleted when the process using it terminates. The file is opened for update ( wb+). Notes On HP-UX systems, the wb+ mode is equivalent to the w+ mode.
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