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@node mkostemps
@subsection @code{mkostemps}
@findex mkostemps

Gnulib module: mkostemps

Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
This function is missing on many non-glibc platforms:
glibc 2.10, 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 11 2010-11, Cygwin 1.7.5, mingw, MSVC 9, Interix 3.5, BeOS.
@item
On platforms where @code{off_t} is a 32-bit type, @code{mkostemps} may not work
correctly to create files larger than 2 GB.  (Cf. @code{AC_SYS_LARGEFILE}.)
@end itemize

Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@end itemize

The gnulib module @code{clean-temp} can create temporary files that will not
be left behind after signals such as SIGINT.