## Copyright (C) 2003-2013 John W. Eaton
##
## This file is part of Octave.
##
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn  {Function File} {} tempname ()
## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} tempname (@var{dir})
## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} tempname (@var{dir}, @var{prefix})
## This function is an alias for @code{tmpnam}.
## @seealso{tmpnam}
## @end deftypefn

function filename = tempname (varargin)

  filename = tmpnam (varargin{:});

endfunction


%% No tests needed for alias.
%!assert (1)

