MKFIFO

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NAME

mkfifo - make fifos  

SYNOPSIS

mkfifo [-p ] fifo_name ...  

DESCRIPTION

Mkfifo creates the fifos requested, in the order specified, using mode 0777

Options available are:

-p
Create intermediate directories as required. If this option is not specified, the full path prefix of each operand must already exist.

Mkfifo requires write permission in the parent directory.

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

STANDARDS

Mkfifo is St -p1003.2 compliant.

This manual page derived from the St p1003.2 manual page.  

SEE ALSO

mkdir(1), rm(1)  

HISTORY

The mkfifo command is Ud
 

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