mkfifo - make FIFOs (named pipes)
mkfifo [OPTION]... NAME...
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, --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/coreutils/>
General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
Report mkfifo translation bugs to <http://translationproject.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 redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+---------------+--------------------+
|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/core-
utils-8.16.tar.xz
Further information about this software can be found on the open source
community website at http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/.
GNU coreutils 8.16 March 2012 MKFIFO(1)