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

When COREUTILS_CHILD_DEFAULT_ACLS environment variable is set, -m/--mode option respects default umask and ACLs, as it does in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 by default

--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
GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
Report mkfifo translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>

COPYRIGHT¶

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.

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'

should give you access to the complete manual.