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+@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 10.5, FreeBSD 6.0, NetBSD 5.0, OpenBSD 3.8, Minix 3.1.8,
+AIX 5.1, HP-UX 11, IRIX 6.5, OSF/1 5.1, Solaris 10, Cygwin 1.5.x, mingw, MSVC 9,
+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, MSVC 9.
+@end itemize