@setfilename standards.info
@settitle GNU Coding Standards
@c This date is automagically updated when you save this file:
-@set lastupdate September 9, 2010
+@set lastupdate January 27, 2011
@c %**end of header
@dircategory GNU organization
The GNU coding standards, last updated @value{lastupdate}.
Copyright @copyright{} 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,
-2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 Free Software
-Foundation, Inc.
+2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
+Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
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@noindent
or by using the @code{mkstemps} function from libiberty.
-In bash, use @code{set -C} to avoid this problem.
+In bash, use @code{set -C} (long name @code{noclobber}) to avoid this
+problem. In addition, the @code{mktemp} utility is a more general
+solution for creating temporary files from shell scripts
+(@pxref{mktemp invocation,,, coreutils, GNU Coreutils}).
+
@node Libraries
@section Library Behavior