When set to a value other than ``None``, this variable defines the prefix of the
final component of the filenames returned by :func:`mktemp`. A string of six
random letters and digits is appended to the prefix to make the filename unique.
- On Windows, the default prefix is :file:`~T`; on all other systems it is
- :file:`tmp`.
+ The default prefix is :file:`tmp`.
Older versions of this module used to require that ``template`` be set to
``None`` after a call to :func:`os.fork`; this has not been necessary since