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1 | .\" $NetBSD: mkfifo.1,v 1.6 1997/10/19 05:11:52 lukem Exp $ |
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| 37 | .\" @(#)mkfifo.1 8.2 (Berkeley) 1/5/94 | |
| 38 | .\" | |
| 39 | .Dd January 5, 1994 | |
| 40 | .Dt MKFIFO 1 | |
| 41 | .Os BSD 4.4 | |
| 42 | .Sh NAME | |
| 43 | .Nm mkfifo | |
| 44 | .Nd make fifos | |
| 45 | .Sh SYNOPSIS | |
| 46 | .Nm | |
| 47 | .Op Fl m Ar mode | |
| 48 | .Ar fifo_name ... | |
| 49 | .Sh DESCRIPTION | |
| 50 | .Nm | |
| 51 | creates the fifos requested, in the order specified, | |
| 52 | using mode | |
| 53 | .Li \&0666 | |
| 54 | modified by the current | |
| 55 | .Xr umask 2 . | |
| 56 | .Pp | |
| 57 | The options are as follows: | |
| 58 | .Bl -tag -width Ds | |
| 59 | .It Fl m | |
| 60 | Set the file permission bits of newly-created directories to | |
| 61 | .Ar mode . | |
| 62 | The mode is specified as in | |
| 63 | .Xr chmod 1 . | |
| 64 | In symbolic mode strings, the | |
| 65 | .Dq + | |
| 66 | and | |
| 67 | .Dq - | |
| 68 | operators are interpreted relative to an assumed initial mode of | |
| 69 | .Dq a=rw | |
| 70 | .El | |
| 71 | .Pp | |
| 72 | .Nm | |
| 73 | requires write permission in the parent directory. | |
| 74 | .Pp | |
| 75 | .Nm | |
| 76 | exits 0 if successful, and >0 if an error occurred. | |
| 77 | .Sh SEE ALSO | |
| 78 | .Xr mkdir 1 , | |
| 79 | .Xr rm 1 , | |
| 80 | .Xr mkfifo 2 , | |
| 81 | .Xr mknod 8 | |
| 82 | .Sh STANDARDS | |
| 83 | The | |
| 84 | .Nm | |
| 85 | utility is expected to be | |
| 86 | .St -p1003.2-92 | |
| 87 | compliant. | |
| 88 | .Sh HISTORY | |
| 89 | .Nm | |
| 90 | command appeared in | |
| 91 | .Bx 4.4 . |