GMKFIFO

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NAME

mkfifo - make FIFOs (named pipes)  

SYNOPSIS

mkfifo [-m mode] [+mode mode] path...  

DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents the GNU version of mkfifo. mkfifo creates a FIFO with each given name. By default, the mode of created FIFOs is 0666 minus the bits set in the umask.  

OPTIONS

-m, +mode mode
Set the mode of created FIFOs to mode, which is symbolic as in chmod and uses the default mode as a point of departure.


 

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