NAME
mkfifo —
make fifos
SYNOPSIS
mkfifo |
[-m mode]
fifo_name ... |
DESCRIPTION
mkfifo 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 fifos 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”
mkfifo requires write permission in the
parent directory.
mkfifo exits 0 if successful, and >0 if
an error occurred.
SEE ALSO
STANDARDS
The mkfifo utility is expected to be
IEEE Std 1003.2-1992 (“POSIX.2”)
compliant.
HISTORY
mkfifo command appeared in
4.4BSD.