.TH MKUNIQUE 1 .CT 1 shell .SH NAME mkunique \- create files with unique names .SH SYNOPSIS .B mkunique [ .I template ... ] .SH DESCRIPTION .I Mkunique uses the library function .IR mkunique (3) to create files with unique names, one per specified template. If no template is supplied, .I mkunique creates a single file with template .LR qXXXXXX . The resulting file names are echoed on the standard output, one per line. .LP This command may be used to create names for scratch files in publically shareable multilevel secure `blind' directories, without violating security policy. .SH SEE ALSO .IR mkunique (3), .IR mktemp (3), .IR bl (4)