MKFIFO(1) OpenBSD 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). It requires write permission in
the parent directory.
The options are as follows:
-m mode
Set the file permission bits of newly created FIFOs to mode. The
mode argument can be in any of the formats specified to the
chmod(1) utility. If a symbolic mode is specified, the operators
`+' and `-' are interpreted relative to an initial mode of
``a=rw''.
EXIT STATUS
The mkfifo utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
SEE ALSOmkdir(1), rm(1), mkfifo(2), mknod(8)STANDARDS
The mkfifo utility is compliant with the IEEE Std 1003.1-2008 (``POSIX'')
specification.
HISTORY
The mkfifo command appeared in 4.4BSD.
OpenBSD 4.9 September 3, 2010 OpenBSD 4.9