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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 CTX

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
	      output version information and exit

AUTHOR
       Written by David MacKenzie.

REPORTING BUGS
       Report mkfifo bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
       GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
       General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
       Report mkfifo translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>

       Packaged by Gentoo (8.21 (p1.0))
       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 8.21		 February 2013			     MKFIFO(1)

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