MKFIFO(1) | General Commands Manual | MKFIFO(1) |
mkfifo
— make
fifos
mkfifo |
[-m mode]
fifo_name ... |
mkfifo
creates the fifos requested, in the
order specified, using mode 0666
modified by the
current umask(2).
The options are as follows:
-m
mkfifo
requires write permission in the
parent directory.
The mkfifo
utility exits 0 on
success, and >0 if an error occurs.
The mkfifo
utility is expected to be
IEEE Std 1003.2-1992 (“POSIX.2”)
compliant.
mkfifo
command appeared in
4.4BSD.
January 5, 1994 | NetBSD 10.99 |