MKFIFO

Section: User Commands (1)
Index Return to Main Contents

BSD mandoc
BSD 4.4  

NAME

mkfifo - make fifos  

SYNOPSIS

[-m mode ] fifo_name ...  

DESCRIPTION

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

The options are as follows:

-m
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''

requires write permission in the parent directory.

exits 0 if successful, and >0 if an error occurred.  

SEE ALSO

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

STANDARDS

The utility is expected to be St -p1003.2-92 compliant.  

HISTORY

command appeared in BSD 4.4


 

Index

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
SEE ALSO
STANDARDS
HISTORY

This document was created by man2html, using the manual pages.
Time: 04:29:32 GMT, April 24, 2025