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mkfifo (1g)

Name

mkfifo - make FIFOs (named pipes)

Synopsis

mkfifo [OPTION]... NAME...

Description




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, --context=CTX
          set the SELinux security context of each NAME to CTX

     --help
          display this help and exit

     --version
          output version information and exit

AUTHOR
     Written by David MacKenzie.

REPORTING BUGS
     Report mkfifo bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
     GNU coreutils home page:  <http://www.gnu.org/software/core-
     utils/>
     General  help  using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/geth-
     elp/>
     Report mkfifo translation  bugs  to  <http://translationpro-
     ject.org/team/>

COPYRIGHT
     Copyright  (C)  2012 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 redis-
     tribute it.  There is NO WARRANTY, to the  extent  permitted
     by law.


ATTRIBUTES
     See   attributes(5)   for   descriptions  of  the  following
     attributes:







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User Commands                                           MKFIFO(1)



     +---------------+--------------------+
     |ATTRIBUTE TYPE |  ATTRIBUTE VALUE   |
     +---------------+--------------------+
     |Availability   | file/gnu-coreutils |
     +---------------+--------------------+
     |Stability      | Uncommitted        |
     +---------------+--------------------+
SEE ALSO
     mkfifo(3C)

     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 invocation'

     should give you access to the complete manual.



NOTES
     This  software  was   built   from   source   available   at
     https://java.net/projects/solaris-userland.    The  original
     community       source       was       downloaded       from
     http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/coreutils/coreutils-8.16.tar.xz

     Further  information about this software can be found on the
     open source community  website  at  http://www.gnu.org/soft-
     ware/coreutils/.


























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