MKFIFO
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Updated: GNU File Utilities
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NAME
mkfifo - make FIFOs (named pipes)
SYNOPSIS
mkfifo
[-m mode] [--mode=mode] [--help] [--version] 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 the point of
departure.
- --help
-
Print a usage message on standard output and exit successfully.
- --version
-
Print version information on standard output then exit successfully.
Index
- NAME
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- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- OPTIONS
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