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| author | Tom Ryder <tom@sanctum.geek.nz> | 2016-08-03 11:36:30 +1200 |
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| committer | Tom Ryder <tom@sanctum.geek.nz> | 2016-08-03 11:37:53 +1200 |
| commit | 1161cf8eb9f21ffcc3be539f1ec3b7e4a7d3e395 (patch) | |
| tree | a1828b4686656dcc9c56e8905c60e77287297a05 /man/man1 | |
| parent | Add issue regarding mktemp(1) usage (diff) | |
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Add mktd(1)
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diff --git a/man/man1/mktd.1 b/man/man1/mktd.1 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..bb88a12e --- /dev/null +++ b/man/man1/mktd.1 @@ -0,0 +1,34 @@ +.TH MKTD 1 "August 2016" "Manual page for mktd" +.SH NAME +.B mktd +\- try hard to safely create a temporary directory in a POSIX-compliant way +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B mktd +.br +.B mktd +foo +.SH DESCRIPTION +.B mktd +creates a temporary directory with a strong attempt at a random name in $TMPDIR +(defaults to /tmp), with a restrictive umask for the user running the script, +into which it should be safe to place temporary files. +.P +The author makes no guarantees about security, but this should be a lot safer +than just using a /tmp/$$ file. +.P +You could use it in a script like this: +.P + td= + cleanup() { + rm -fr -- "$td" + } + for sig in EXIT HUP INT TERM ; do + trap cleanup "$sig" + done + td=$(mktd) || exit +.SH SEE ALSO +rndi(1) +.br +<http://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashFAQ/062> +.SH AUTHOR +Tom Ryder <tom@sanctum.geek.nz> |