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.

−m, −−mode=MODE

set file permission bits to MODE, not a=rw − umask

−Z, −−context=CTX

set the SELinux security context of each NAME to CTX

−−help

display this help and exit

−−version

output version information and exit

AUTHOR

Written by David MacKenzie.

REPORTING BUGS

Report mkfifo bugs to bug−coreutils@gnu.org

GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>

General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>

Report mkfifo translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>

SEE ALSO

mkfifo(3)

The full documentation for mkfifo is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and mkfifo programs are properly installed at your site, the command

  • info coreutils 'mkfifo invocation'

should give you access to the complete manual.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.

This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.