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

ALLEGRO_FILE\ *al_make_temp_file(const\ char\ *template,\ ALLEGRO_PATH\ **ret_path)
\f[]
.fi
.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(3) on success, NULL on failure.