mkfifo(1M)
NAME
mkfifo − make FIFO special file
SYNOPSIS
mkfifo path ...
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.
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.
The mkfifo command calls the library routine mkfifo(3C). The path argument is passed to the path argument in the routine. The file permission bits are set by the process file creation mask (bitwise inclusive OR of S_IRUSR, S_IWUSR, S_IRGRP, S_IWGRP, S_IROTH and S_IWOTH).
SEE ALSO
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.
SunOS 5.2 — Last change: 5 Jul 1990