.TH "al_make_temp_file(3alleg5) Allegro reference manual" "" "" "" ""
.SH NAME
.PP
al_make_temp_file \- Allegro 5 API
.SH SYNOPSIS
.IP
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\f[C]
#include\ <allegro5/allegro.h>

ALLEGRO_FILE\ *al_make_temp_file(const\ char\ *template,\ ALLEGRO_PATH\ **ret_path)
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.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
Make a temporary randomly named file given a filename
\[aq]template\[aq].
.PP
\[aq]template\[aq] is a string giving the format of the generated
filename and should include one or more capital Xs.
The Xs are replaced with random alphanumeric characters, produced using
a simple pseudo\-random number generator only.
There should be no path separators.
.PP
If \[aq]ret_path\[aq] is not NULL, the address it points to will be set
to point to a new path structure with the name of the temporary file.
.PP
Returns the opened ALLEGRO_FILE(3alleg5) on success, NULL on failure.