s6-portable-utils
Software
skarnet.org

The s6-uniquename program

s6-uniquename creates a guaranteed unique file name and prints it to stdout.

Interface

     s6-uniquename [ -n randomlen ] prefix

• s6-uniquename creates a unique filename starting with prefix involving a TAI64N timestamp, the machine's FQDN and the process' PID.
• It prints it to stdout and exits 0.

Options

• -n randomlen : for added security, also add a random readable string of randomlen characters to the created pathname.