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.TH MKFIFO "1" "September 2011" "GNU coreutils 8.12.197-032bb" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
mkfifo \- make FIFOs (named pipes)
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B mkfifo
[\fIOPTION\fR]... \fINAME\fR...
.SH DESCRIPTION
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.PP
Create named pipes (FIFOs) with the given NAMEs.
.PP
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
.TP
\fB\-m\fR, \fB\-\-mode\fR=\fIMODE\fR
set file permission bits to MODE, not a=rw \- umask
.TP
\fB\-Z\fR, \fB\-\-context\fR=\fICTX\fR
set the SELinux security context of each NAME to CTX
.TP
\fB\-\-help\fR
display this help and exit
.TP
\fB\-\-version\fR
output version information and exit
.SH AUTHOR
Written by David MacKenzie.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report mkfifo bugs to bug\-coreutils@gnu.org
.br
GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
.br
General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
.br
Report mkfifo translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
.br
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
mkfifo(3)
.PP
The full documentation for
.B mkfifo
is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the
.B info
and
.B mkfifo
programs are properly installed at your site, the command
.IP
.B info coreutils \(aqmkfifo invocation\(aq
.PP
should give you access to the complete manual.