NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     mkfifo -- make fifos

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     mkfifo [-m mode] fifo_name ...

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     The mkfifo utility creates the fifos requested, in the order specified.

     The options are as follows:

     -m      Set the file permission bits of the created fifos to the specified
 mode, ignoring the umask(2) of the calling process.  The
	     mode argument takes any format that can be specified to the
	     chmod(1) command.	If a symbolic mode is specified, the op symbols
 ``+'' (plus) and ``-'' (hyphen) are interpreted relative to
	     an assumed initial mode of ``a=rw'' (read and write permissions
	     for all).

     If the -m option is not specified, fifos are created with mode 0666 modified
 by the umask(2) of the calling process.  The mkfifo utility requires
     write permission in the parent directory.

DIAGNOSTICS    [Toc]    [Back]

     The mkfifo utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

STANDARDS    [Toc]    [Back]

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

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

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

HISTORY    [Toc]    [Back]

     The mkfifo command appeared in 4.4BSD.


FreeBSD 5.2.1			January 5, 1994 		 FreeBSD 5.2.1