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/>
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     <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
     Report       mkfifo        translation        bugs        to
     <http://translationproject.org/team/>

COPYRIGHT
     Copyright c 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  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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