mkfifo(C)                       19 June 1992                       mkfifo(C)


 Name

    mkfifo - make a FIFO special file

 Syntax

    mkfifo path ...


 Description

    The mkfifo command makes a first-in first-out pipe named by the pathname
    path.  The new FIFO has the permissions 666 (possibly altered by
    umask(C)).


 See also

    mkfifo(S), umask(C)

 Diagnostics

    mkfifo returns exit code 0 if all FIFO special files were created suc-
    cessfully. Otherwise, it prints a diagnostic and returns non-zero. An
    error code is stored in errno.

 Value added

    mkfifo is an extension of AT&T System V provided by The Santa Cruz Opera-
    tion, Inc.