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 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 (C) 2017 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(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+---------------+--------------------+
|ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+---------------+--------------------+
|Availability | file/gnu-coreutils |
+---------------+--------------------+
|Stability | Uncommitted |
+---------------+--------------------+
SEE ALSO
mkfifo(3C)
Full documentation at: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/mkfifo>
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) mkfifo invocation'
NOTES
This software was built from source available at
https://github.com/oracle/solaris-userland. The original community
source was downloaded from https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/coreutils/core-
utils-8.27.tar.xz
Further information about this software can be found on the open source
community website at https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils.
GNU coreutils 8.27 March 2017 MKFIFO(1)