temp file name in sh

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Is there a way to create a unique temporary filename inside a shell
,outside writing a “utility”. This seems so basic, there’s got to
be a way, but I can’t find anything in the doc.

  • Mario
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Previously, Mario Charest wrote in comp.os.qnx:

Is there a way to create a unique temporary filename inside a shell
,outside writing a “utility”. This seems so basic, there’s got to
be a way, but I can’t find anything in the doc.

  • Mario

Apparently, BSD has a command called “mktemp”. I couldn’t find it on QSSL’s site.

How about a hack, like: /bin/ls $DIR | /bin/tail -1$$

  • Pete
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Mario Charest wrote:

Is there a way to create a unique temporary filename inside a shell
,outside writing a “utility”. This seems so basic, there’s got to
be a way, but I can’t find anything in the doc.

  • Mario

I’ve used something like this before:

export TMPFILE=date “+FILE%m%d%y%H%M%S.txt”

Works unless you are creating more than one file per second.

Howard