MKFIFO(1)			User Commands			    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.

       -Z, --context=CONTEXT
	      set security context (quoted string)

       -m, --mode=MODE
	      set permission mode (as in chmod), not a=rw - umask

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
	      output version information and exit

AUTHOR
       Written by David MacKenzie.

REPORTING BUGS
       Report bugs to .

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       This is free software; see the source for copying  conditions.	There
       is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICU-
       LAR PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO
       The full documentation for mkfifo is maintained as a  Texinfo  manual.
       If  the	info and mkfifo programs are properly installed at your site,
       the command

	      info coreutils mkfifo

       should give you access to the complete manual.



mkfifo (coreutils) 5.2.1	  March 2004			    MKFIFO(1)

UNIX/Linux commands referenced on this page:

1. make
2. display
3. free
4. as
5. at
6. info