mkfifo - make FIFOs (named pipes)

mkfifo creates one or more FIFO's. By default, the mode of created FIFO is a=rw minus the bits set in the umask(1).

-m, --mode=mode

Set the mode of created FIFO to mode. mode is symbolic or octal mode as in chmod(1). Relative modes assume an initial mode of a=rw.

0

All FIFO's created successfully.

>0

One or more FIFO's could not be created.

chmod(1), umask(1)

version

mkfifo (AT&T Research) 2009-01-02

author

Glenn Fowler <gsf@research.att.com>

author

David Korn <dgk@research.att.com>

copyright

Copyright © 1992-2012 AT&T Intellectual Property

license

http://www.eclipse.org/org/documents/epl-v10.html