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Refer to new POSIX:2008 standard.
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1 @node mkstemp
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2 @section @code{mkstemp}
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3 @findex mkstemp
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5 POSIX specification: @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/mkstemp.html}
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7 Gnulib module: mkstemp
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9 Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
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10 @itemize
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11 @item
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12 This function is missing on some platforms:
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13 mingw.
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14 @item
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15 On some platforms (HP-UX 10.20, SunOS 4.1.4, Solaris 2.5.1), mkstemp has a silly
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16 limit that it can create no more than 26 files from a given template. On
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17 OSF/1 4.0f, it can create only 32 files per process.
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18 @end itemize
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20 Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
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21 @itemize
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22 @item
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23 On platforms other than glibc 2.0.7 or newer, @code{mkstemp} can create a
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24 world or group writable or readable file, if you haven't set the process
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25 umask to 077. This is a security risk.
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26 @end itemize