MKFIFO(1)                                 User Commands                                 MKFIFO(1)



NAME
       mkfifo - make FIFOs (named pipes)

SYNOPSIS
       mkfifo [OPTION] NAME...

DESCRIPTION
       Create named pipes (FIFOs) with the given NAMEs.

       -Z, --context=CONTEXT
              set security context (quoted string)

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

       -m, --mode=MODE
              set permission mode (as in chmod), not a=rw - umask

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
              output version information and exit

AUTHOR
       Written by David MacKenzie.

REPORTING BUGS
       Report bugs to <bug-coreutils AT gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       This  is  free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO warranty; not
       even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO
       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

       should give you access to the complete manual.



mkfifo (coreutils) 5.2.1                    July 2009                                   MKFIFO(1)