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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 set the SELinux security context to default type --context[=CTX] like -Z, or if CTX is specified then set the SELinux or SMACK security context to CTX --help display this help and exit --version output version information and exit AUTHOR
Written by David MacKenzie. REPORTING BUGS
GNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/> Report mkfifo translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/> COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2017 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) Full documentation at: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/mkfifo> or available locally via: info '(coreutils) mkfifo invocation' GNU coreutils 8.28 January 2018 MKFIFO(1)

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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 set the SELinux security context to default type --context[=CTX] like -Z, or if CTX is specified then set the SELinux or SMACK security context to CTX --help display this help and exit --version output version information and exit AUTHOR
Written by David MacKenzie. REPORTING BUGS
GNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/> Report mkfifo translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/> COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2017 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) Full documentation at: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/mkfifo> or available locally via: info '(coreutils) mkfifo invocation' GNU coreutils 8.28 January 2018 MKFIFO(1)
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