mkfifo(1) [redhat man page]

MKFIFO(1)								FSF								 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) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICU-
       LAR PURPOSE.

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 (coreutils) 4.5.3					   February 2003							 MKFIFO(1)

MKFIFO(1)							   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
       GNU coreutils home page: <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 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.

GNU coreutils 7.1						     July 2010								 MKFIFO(1)