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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21 set the SELinux security context of each NAME to CTX
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23 --help display this help and exit
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29 Written by David MacKenzie.
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32 Report mkfifo bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
33 GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
34 General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
35 Report mkfifo translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>
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38 Copyright © 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU
39 GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
40 This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
41 There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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46 The full documentation for mkfifo is maintained as a Texinfo manual.
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56GNU coreutils 8.5 November 2010 MKFIFO(1)