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MKFIFO(1)                                                            MKFIFO(1)



NAME
       mkfifo - make FIFOs (named pipes)

SYNOPSIS
       mkfifo[options] file...

       POSIX options: [-m mode][--]

       GNU options (shortest form): [-m mode][--help][--version][--]

DESCRIPTION
       mkfifo  creates  FIFOs  (also  called "named pipes") with the specified
       filenames.

       A "FIFO" is a special file type that permits independent  processes  to
       communicate.   One process opens the FIFO file for writing, and another
       for reading, after which data can flow as with the usual anonymous pipe
       in shells or elsewhere.

       By  default,  the mode of created FIFOs is 0666 ('a+rw') minus the bits
       set in the umask.

OPTIONS
       -m mode,--mode=mode
              Set the mode of created FIFOs to mode, which can be symbolic  as
              in chmod(1) and uses the default mode as the point of departure.

       --     Terminate option list.

GNUSTANDARDOPTIONS
       --help Print a usage message on standard output and exit  successfully.

       --version
              Print version information on standard output, then exit success-
              fully.

       --     Terminate option list.

ENVIRONMENT
       The variables LANG, LC_ALL, LC_CTYPE and  LC_MESSAGES  have  the  usual
       meaning.

CONFORMINGTO
       POSIX 1003.2

NOTES
       This page describes mkfifo as found in the fileutils-4.0 package; other
       versions may  differ  slightly.   Mail  corrections  and  additions  to
       aebcwi.nl.     Report    bugs    in    the   program   to   fileutils-
       bugsgnu.edu.



GNU fileutils 4.0                   1998-11                          MKFIFO(1)