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/>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2009 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.
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 coreutils 'mkfifo invocation' | |
