9.563 mkfifo

POSIX specification:
http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/mkfifo.html

Gnulib module: mkfifo

Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:

• This function mishandles trailing slash on some platforms: FreeBSD 7.2, Solaris 9.
• This function is missing on some platforms; however, the replacement always fails with ENOSYS: mingw, MSVC 9.

Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib: