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Name

mkfifo - make FIFOs (named pipes)

Synopsis

mkfifo [\,OPTION\/]... \,NAME\/...

Description

Create named pipes (FIFOs) with the given NAMEs.

Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.

-m, --mode=\,MODE\/ set file permission bits to MODE, not a=rw - umask

-Z set the SELinux security context to default type

--context[=\,CTX\/] like -Z, or if CTX is specified then set the SELinux or SMACK security context to CTX

--help display this help and exit

--version output version information and exit

Author

Written by David MacKenzie.

Reporting Bugs

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Copyright

Copyright © 2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

See Also

mkfifo(3)

Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/mkfifo> or available locally via: info \(aq(coreutils) mkfifo invocation\(aq