Name

mkfifo − make fifo special files

Syntax

mkfifo filename ... 

Description

The mkfifo command creates the ‘fifo special files’ named by its operand list.  The operands are taken sequentially, in the order specified, and each ‘fifo special file’ is either completed or, in the case of an error or signal, not created at all. Unless interrupted, mkfifo will attempt to create all files specified. Error messages are written to standard error.

Each ‘fifo file’ is created with a mode of 666, read and write privileges for the user, group and other. The mode is modified by clearing those bits set in the process’s file mode creation mask. See umask() for more information.

See Also

mknod(,), stat(,), umask()