mkfifo man page on MirBSD

mkfifo man page on MirBSD

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MKFIFO(1)		     BSD Reference Manual		     MKFIFO(1)

NAME
     mkfifo - make FIFOs

SYNOPSIS
     mkfifo [-m mode] fifo_name ...

DESCRIPTION
     mkfifo creates the FIFOs requested, in the order specified, using mode
     0666 modified by the current umask(2).

     The options are as follows:

     -m mode
	     Set the file permission bits of newly created directories to
	     mode. The mode is specified as in chmod(1). In symbolic mode
	     strings, the "+" and "-" operators are interpreted relative to an
	     assumed initial mode of "a=rw".

     mkfifo requires write permission in the parent directory.

     The mkfifo utility exits 0 on success or >0 if an error occurred.

SEE ALSO
     mkdir(1), rm(1), mkfifo(2), mknod(8)

STANDARDS
     The mkfifo utility is expected to be IEEE Std 1003.2-1992 ("POSIX.2")
     compliant.

HISTORY
     The mkfifo command appeared in 4.4BSD.

MirOS BSD #10-current	      November 22, 2009				     1

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