@node mknodat
@section @code{mknodat}
@findex mknodat

POSIX specification:@* @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/mknodat.html}

Gnulib module: mkfifoat

Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
This function is missing on some platforms:
glibc 2.3.6, MacOS X 10.3, FreeBSD 6.0, NetBSD 3.0, OpenBSD 3.8, AIX
5.1, HP-UX 11, IRIX 6.5, OSF/1 5.1, Solaris 10, Cygwin 1.5.x, mingw,
Interix 3.5, BeOS.
But the replacement function is not safe to be used in libraries and is not multithread-safe.
@end itemize

Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
The gnulib replacement function always fails with @samp{ENOSYS} on
some platforms:
mingw.
@end itemize