MKFIFO

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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.


 

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NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS

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