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Rename two directories: headers -> posix-headers, functions -> posix-functions.
author Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>
date Sun, 20 Jan 2008 00:09:59 +0100
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+@node mktemp
+@section @code{mktemp}
+@findex mktemp
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+POSIX specification: @url{http://www.opengroup.org/susv3xsh/mktemp.html}
+
+Gnulib module: ---
+
+Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
+@itemize
+@end itemize
+
+Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
+@itemize
+@item
+This function is not appropriate for creating temporary files.  (It has
+security risks.)  Therefore it is marked as ``legacy'' in POSIX.  Better use
+@code{mkstemp} instead.
+@end itemize