mkfifo - Unix, Linux Command

NAME

mkfifo - make FIFOs (named pipes)

SYNOPSIS

mkfifo [OPTION] NAME...

DESCRIPTION

Create named pipes (FIFOs) with the given NAMEs.

Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.

Tag	Description
-m, --mode=MODE
	set permission mode (as in chmod), not a=rw - umask
-Z, --context=CONTEXT
	set security context (quoted string)
--help	display this help and exit
--version
	output version information and exit

AUTHOR

Written by David MacKenzie.

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to <[email protected]>.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of the GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.