mktemp is a command available in many Unix-like operating systems that creates a temporary file or directory.
[1] Originally released in 1997 as part of OpenBSD 2.1,[2] a separate implementation exists as a part of GNU Coreutils.
[3] There used to be a similar named C library function, which is now deprecated for being unsafe, and has safer alternatives.
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