mkfifo(1)

NAME

   mkfifo - make FIFOs (named pipes)

SYNOPSIS

   mkfifo [OPTION]... NAME...

DESCRIPTION

   Create named pipes (FIFOs) with the given NAMEs.

   Mandatory  arguments  to  long  options are mandatory for short options
   too.

   -m, --mode=MODE
          set file permission bits to MODE, not a=rw - umask

   -Z     set the SELinux security context to default type

   --context[=CTX]
          like -Z, or if CTX is specified then set the  SELinux  or  SMACK
          security context to CTX

   --help display this help and exit

   --version
          output version information and exit

AUTHOR

   Written by David MacKenzie.

REPORTING BUGS

   GNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
   Report mkfifo translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>

COPYRIGHT

   Copyright    2016  Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+: GNU
   GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
   This is free software: you are free  to  change  and  redistribute  it.
   There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO

   mkfifo(3)

   Full documentation at: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/mkfifo>
   or available locally via: info '(coreutils) mkfifo invocation'

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