MKFIFOAT(3) Linux Programmer's Manual MKFIFOAT(3)NAMEmkfifoat - make a FIFO (named pipe) relative to a directory file
descriptor
SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/stat.h>
int mkfifoat(int dirfd, const char *pathname, mode_t mode);
DESCRIPTION
The mkfifoat() system call operates in exactly the same way as
mkfifo(3), except for the differences described in this manual page.
If the pathname given in pathname is relative, then it is interpreted
relative to the directory referred to by the file descriptor dirfd
(rather than relative to the current working directory of the calling
process, as is done by mkfifo(3) for a relative pathname).
If the pathname given in pathname is relative and dirfd is the special
value AT_FDCWD, then pathname is interpreted relative to the current
working directory of the calling process (like mkfifo(3)).
If the pathname given in pathname is absolute, then dirfd is ignored.
RETURN VALUE
On success, mkfifoat() returns 0. On error, -1 is returned and errno
is set to indicate the error.
ERRORS
The same errors that occur for mkfifo(3) can also occur for mkfifoat().
The following additional errors can occur for mkfifoat():
EBADF dirfd is not a valid file descriptor.
ENOTDIR
pathname is a relative path and dirfd is a file descriptor
referring to a file other than a directory.
NOTES
See openat(2) for an explanation of the need for mkfifoat().
CONFORMING TO
This function is non-standard but is proposed for inclusion in a future
revision of POSIX.1.
VERSIONSmkfifoat() was added to glibc in version 2.4. It is implemented using
mknod(2), available on Linux since kernel 2.6.16.
SEE ALSOopenat(2), path_resolution(2), mkfifo(3).
Linux 2.6.16 2006-04-06 MKFIFOAT(3)
