NAME

mkfifo - make FIFO special file

SYNOPSIS

mkfifo [-m mode] path ...

DESCRIPTION

Mkfifo creates FIFO special files on the given path names. The default mode is 666, and is affected by the file creation mask (see umask(2)).

The following options are accepted:

-m mode

Uses the given mode to create the directory, ignoring the file creation mask. Mode can be given in octal or in symbolic form, as described in chmod(1).

SEE ALSO

mknod(1), mkfifo(2)