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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 file permission bits to MODE, not a=rw - umask
-Z
set the SELinux security context to default type
--context[=CTX]
like -Z, or if CTX is specified then set the SELinux or SMACK security context to CTX
--help
display this help and exit
--version
output version information and exit

AUTHOR

Written by David MacKenzie.

REPORTING BUGS

GNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
 
Report mkfifo translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2014 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.

SEE ALSO

mkfifo(3)
Full documentation at: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/mkfifo>
 
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) mkfifo invocation'
March 2015 GNU coreutils 8.23