1MKFIFO(1) User Commands MKFIFO(1)
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6 mkfifo - make FIFOs (named pipes)
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9 mkfifo [OPTION]... NAME...
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12 Create named pipes (FIFOs) with the given NAMEs.
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17 -m, --mode=MODE
18 set file permission bits to MODE, not a=rw - umask
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20 -Z set the SELinux security context to default type
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23 like -Z, or if CTX is specified then set the SELinux or SMACK
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26 --help display this help and exit
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32 Written by David MacKenzie.
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35 GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
36 Report mkfifo translation bugs to <https://translationpro‐
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40 Copyright © 2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU
41 GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
42 This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
43 There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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46 mkfifo(3)
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48 Full documentation at: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/mkfifo>
49 or available locally via: info '(coreutils) mkfifo invocation'
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53GNU coreutils 8.30 July 2018 MKFIFO(1)