User Commands						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, --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
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     <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
     General	    help	using	     GNU	software:
     <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>

COPYRIGHT
     Copyright c 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	redistri-
     bute  it.	 There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by
     law.

SEE ALSO
     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





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