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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, --context[=CTX] set the SELinux security context of each NAME to default type, or CTX if specified --help display this help and exit --version output version information and exit GNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/> Report mkfifo translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/> AUTHOR
Written by David MacKenzie. COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2013 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 8.22 June 2014 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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