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# mkfifo - Unix, Linux Command

# 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.

Tag | Description
--- | ---
-m, --mode=MODE
| set permission mode (as in chmod), not a=rw - umask
-Z, --context=CONTEXT
| set security context (quoted string)
--help | display this help and exit
--version
| output version information and exit

# AUTHOR

Written by David MacKenzie.

# REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.

# COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of the GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

# SEE ALSO

mkfifo is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and mkfifo programs are properly installed at your site, the command

Tag | Description
--- | ---
| info mkfifo

should give you access to the complete manual.

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