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.

       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@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       This is free software; see the source for copying condi-
       tions.  There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABIL-
       ITY 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 mkfifo

       should give you access to the complete manual.



mkfifo 5.3.0             November 2004                MKFIFO(1)