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

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COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://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.