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). It requires write permission in the parent directory.
The options are as follows:
-mmode- Set the file permission bits of newly created FIFOs to
mode. The mode argument can be in any of the formats
specified to the
chmod(1) utility. If a symbolic mode is specified, the operators
‘
+’ and ‘-’ are interpreted relative to an initial mode of “a=rw”.
EXIT STATUS
The mkfifo utility exits 0 on
success, and >0 if an error occurs.
SEE ALSO
STANDARDS
The mkfifo utility is compliant with the
IEEE Std 1003.1-2008 (“POSIX.1”)
specification.
HISTORY
The mkfifo command appeared in
4.3BSD-Reno.