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.
-Z, --context=CONTEXT
set security context (quoted string)
-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 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of
the GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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.