mktemp: document dry-run flag #16823
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I wanted to use a similar feature where i wanted to create a temporary filename but not create the file yet. After a bit of searching, i realised
mktemp
had that built-in functionality. So, i thought it would be a good idea to add this as an example to themktemp
page.Translations required.
common
,linux
,osx
,windows
,sunos
,android
, etc.mktemp (GNU coreutils) 9.7
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