mktemp (from coreutils) using relative directory instead of temp directory

[jhult]

I'm using mktemp (0.0.15) from https://github.com/uutils/coreutils

Using mktemp -t mcfly.XXXXXXXX creates the file in the local directory instead of the temp directory.

If I use mktemp -p mcfly.XXXXXXXX it properly places the files in $TMPDIR.

This is likely an edge case. I'm not sure if you want to try to fix and if so, how to.

[cantino]

Huh, my version says:

     -t prefix
             Generate a template (using the supplied prefix and TMPDIR if set) to create a filename
             template.

Maybe something like this would be better?

MCFLY_HISTORY=$(mktemp ${TMPDIR:/tmp}/mcfly.XXXXXX)

[jhult]

That solutions seems good to me. Based on your recommendation, I submitted this PR: https://github.com/cantino/mcfly/pull/291

FYI, here is the help from mktemp (0.0.15) from uutils/coreutils

❯ mktemp --help
mktemp 0.0.15
create a temporary file or directory.

USAGE:
    mktemp [OPTION]... [TEMPLATE]

ARGS:
    <template>...

OPTIONS:
    -d, --directory          Make a directory instead of a file
    -h, --help               Print help information
    -p, --tmpdir <DIR>       interpret TEMPLATE relative to DIR; if DIR is not specified, use $TMPDIR ($TMP on windows) if set, else /tmp.
                             With this option, TEMPLATE must not be an absolute name; unlike with -t, TEMPLATE may contain slashes, but
                             mktemp creates only the final component
    -q, --quiet              Fail silently if an error occurs.
        --suffix <SUFFIX>    append SUFFIX to TEMPLATE; SUFFIX must not contain a path separator. This option is implied if TEMPLATE does
                             not end with X.
    -t                       Generate a template (using the supplied prefix and TMPDIR (TMP on windows) if set) to create a filename
                             template [deprecated]
    -u, --dry-run            do not create anything; merely print a name (unsafe)
    -V, --version            Print version information