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.
- -Z, --context=CONTEXT
- set security context (quoted string)
- -m, --mode=MODE
- set permission mode (as in chmod), not a=rw - umask
- --help
- display this help and exit
- --version
- output version information and exit
AUTHOR
Written by David MacKenzie.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2006 Free Software Foundation,
Inc.
This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the
terms of the GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
SEE ALSO
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 mkfifo
should give you access to the complete manual.