MKFIFO

MKFIFO

NAME SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION AUTHOR REPORTING BUGS COPYRIGHT SEE ALSO

NAME

mkfifo - make FIFOs (named pipes)

SYNOPSIS

mkfifo [''OPTION''? NAME...

DESCRIPTION

Create named pipes (FIFOs) with the given NAMEs.

-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

COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

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.