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 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 (C) 2005 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.

mkfifo 5.93                      November 2005                       MKFIFO(1)