mkfifo(1M)                                                mkfifo(1M)


       NAME
             mkfifo - make FIFO special file

       SYNOPSIS
             mkfifo [-m mode] file . . .

       DESCRIPTION
             mkfifo creates the FIFO special files named by its argument
             list.  The arguments are taken sequentially, in the order
             specified; and each FIFO special file is either created
             completely or, in the case of an error or signal, not created
             at all.

             For each file argument, the mkfifo command behaves as if the
             function mkfifo [see mkfifo(3C)] was called with the argument
             file set to file and the mode set to the bitwise inclusive OR
             of S_IRUSR, S_IWUSR, S_IRGRP, S_IWGRP, S_IROTH and S_IWOTH
             (unless the -m option is specified).

             If errors are encountered in creating one of the special
             files, mkfifo writes a diagnostic message to the standard
             error and continues with the remaining arguments, if any.

       OPTIONS
             -m mode
                   Specifies the mode to be used for the new FIFO special
                   files.  Choices for mode can be found in chmod(1).

       FILES
             /usr/lib/locale/locale/LC_MESSAGES/uxsysadm language-specific
             message file [See LANG on environ (5).]

       REFERENCES
             mkfifo(3C)

       DIAGNOSTICS
             mkfifo returns exit code 0 if all FIFO special files were
             created normally; otherwise it prints a diagnostic and returns
             a value greater than 0.









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