make temp files?

[T.W. Beattie]

In article <48200010 at hcx1>, ldh at hcx1.SSD.HARRIS.COM writes:
> 
> I was wondering if there is some "readymade" way that a shell can create a
> unique temporary file, as in the C routine "mktemp(XXXXX)".  Thanks!
> Leo Hinds

The shell variable "$" contains the current process number.
For example:
	>TEMP$$
would create a file named
	TEMP1234
if the current process was number 1234.

DISCLAIMER: I suppose there are shells which don't provide this.
Tom.