Query: mkfifo
OS: posix
Section: 1p
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MKFIFO(1P) POSIX Programmer's Manual MKFIFO(1P)PROLOGThis manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. The Linux implementation of this interface may differ (consult the correspond- ing Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), or the interface may not be implemented on Linux.NAMEmkfifo -- make FIFO special filesSYNOPSISmkfifo [-m mode] file...DESCRIPTIONThe mkfifo utility shall create the FIFO special files specified by the operands, in the order specified. For each file operand, the mkfifo utility shall perform actions equivalent to the mkfifo() function defined in the System Interfaces volume of POSIX.1-2008, called with the following arguments: 1. The file operand is used as the path argument. 2. The value of the bitwise-inclusive OR of S_IRUSR, S_IWUSR, S_IRGRP, S_IWGRP, S_IROTH, and S_IWOTH is used as the mode argument. (If the -m option is specified, the value of the mkfifo() mode argument is unspecified, but the FIFO shall at no time have permissions less restrictive than the -m mode option-argument.)OPTIONSThe mkfifo utility shall conform to the Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1-2008, Section 12.2, Utility Syntax Guidelines. The following option shall be supported: -m mode Set the file permission bits of the newly-created FIFO to the specified mode value. The mode option-argument shall be the same as the mode operand defined for the chmod utility. In the symbolic_mode strings, the op characters '+' and '-' shall be interpreted relative to an assumed initial mode of a=rw.OPERANDSThe following operand shall be supported: file A pathname of the FIFO special file to be created.STDINNot used.INPUT FILESNone.ENVIRONMENT VARIABLESThe following environment variables shall affect the execution of mkfifo: LANG Provide a default value for the internationalization variables that are unset or null. (See the Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1-2008, Section 8.2, Internationalization Variables for the precedence of internationalization variables used to determine the values of locale categories.) LC_ALL If set to a non-empty string value, override the values of all the other internationalization variables. LC_CTYPE Determine the locale for the interpretation of sequences of bytes of text data as characters (for example, single-byte as opposed to multi-byte characters in arguments). LC_MESSAGES Determine the locale that should be used to affect the format and contents of diagnostic messages written to standard error. NLSPATH Determine the location of message catalogs for the processing of LC_MESSAGES.ASYNCHRONOUS EVENTSDefault.STDOUTNot used.STDERRThe standard error shall be used only for diagnostic messages.OUTPUT FILESNone.EXTENDED DESCRIPTIONNone.EXIT STATUSThe following exit values shall be returned: 0 All the specified FIFO special files were created successfully. >0 An error occurred.CONSEQUENCES OF ERRORSDefault. The following sections are informative.APPLICATION USAGENone.EXAMPLESNone.RATIONALEThis utility was added to permit shell applications to create FIFO special files. The -m option was added to control the file mode, for consistency with the similar functionality provided by the mkdir utility. Early proposals included a -p option similar to the mkdir -p option that created intermediate directories leading up to the FIFO specified by the final component. This was removed because it is not commonly needed and is not common practice with similar utilities. The functionality of mkfifo is described substantially through a reference to the mkfifo() function in the System Interfaces volume of POSIX.1-2008. For example, by default, the mode of the FIFO file is affected by the file mode creation mask in accordance with the speci- fied behavior of the mkfifo() function. In this way, there is less duplication of effort required for describing details of the file cre- ation.FUTURE DIRECTIONSNone.SEE ALSOchmod, umask The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1-2008, Chapter 8, Environment Variables, Section 12.2, Utility Syntax Guidelines The System Interfaces volume of POSIX.1-2008, mkfifo()COPYRIGHTPortions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2013 Edition, Standard for Information Technol- ogy -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, Copyright (C) 2013 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. (This is POSIX.1-2008 with the 2013 Technical Corrigendum 1 applied.) In the event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Stan- dard is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at http://www.unix.org/online.html . Any typographical or formatting errors that appear in this page are most likely to have been introduced during the conversion of the source files to man page format. To report such errors, see https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html .IEEE/The Open Group 2013 MKFIFO(1P)
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