MKFIFO

mkfifo − make FIFOs (named pipes)

mkfifo [OPTION]... NAME...

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

Written by David MacKenzie.

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Copyright © 2010 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.

mkfifo(3)

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.