Cannot create temp dir

[patrickkusebauch]

I run into a problem with this line of code:

tmp_dir=mktemp -d

Apparently this is not the proper usage of the command, as it is missing a "template parameter"

SYNOPSIS mktemp [-d] [-q] [-t prefix] [-u] template ... mktemp [-d] [-q] [-u] -t prefix

[renasboy]

hi, thanks for the feedback, not sure which version of mktemp you are using, but on my GNU/Linux (Debian 8.4) it works as is, mktemp does not need any parameter to function:

mktemp --help
Usage: mktemp [OPTION]... [TEMPLATE]
Create a temporary file or directory, safely, and print its name.
TEMPLATE must contain at least 3 consecutive 'X's in last component.
If TEMPLATE is not specified, use tmp.XXXXXXXXXX, and --tmpdir is implied.
Files are created u+rw, and directories u+rwx, minus umask restrictions.

  -d, --directory     create a directory, not a file
  -u, --dry-run       do not create anything; merely print a name (unsafe)
  -q, --quiet         suppress diagnostics about file/dir-creation failure
      --suffix=SUFF   append SUFF to TEMPLATE; SUFF must not contain a slash.
                        This option is implied if TEMPLATE does not end in X
  -p DIR, --tmpdir[=DIR]  interpret TEMPLATE relative to DIR; if DIR is not
                        specified, use $TMPDIR 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
  -t                  interpret TEMPLATE as a single file name component,
                        relative to a directory: $TMPDIR, if set; else the
                        directory specified via -p; else /tmp [deprecated]
      --help     display this help and exit
      --version  output version information and exit

GNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
Full documentation at: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/mktemp>
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) mktemp invocation'

[patrickkusebauch]

The issue is that this script does not work on MAC OS. Might be worth mentioning.

[renasboy]

I see, feel free to send a correction path for MAC