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11.16 mktemp

Removed in POSIX.1-2008. POSIX.1-2004 specification: https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/functions/mktemp.html

Gnulib module: —

Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:

Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:

• This function is not appropriate for creating temporary files. (It has security risks.) Therefore it is removed in POSIX.1-2008. Better use mkstemp instead.