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MKFIFO(1)

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NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     mkfifo - make FIFOs

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     mkfifo [-m mode] fifo_name ...

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     mkfifo creates the FIFOs requested, in the order  specified,
using mode
     0666 modified by the current umask(2).

     The options are as follows:

     -m mode
             Set the file permission bits of newly created directories to
             mode.  The mode is specified  as  in  chmod(1).   In
symbolic mode
             strings,  the  ``+''  and ``-'' operators are interpreted relative
             to an assumed initial mode of ``a=rw''.

     mkfifo requires write permission in the parent directory.

     The mkfifo utility exits 0 on success or >0 if an error  occurred.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

      
      
     mkdir(1), rm(1), mkfifo(2), mknod(8)

STANDARDS    [Toc]    [Back]

     The  mkfifo  utility  is expected to be IEEE Std 1003.2-1992
(``POSIX.2'')
     compliant.

HISTORY    [Toc]    [Back]

     The mkfifo command appeared in 4.4BSD.

OpenBSD     3.6                         January      5,      1994
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