MKFIFO(1) MachTen Reference Manual MKFIFO(1)

NAME
mkfifo - make fifos

SYNOPSIS
mkfifo fifo_name ...

DESCRIPTION
Mkfifo creates the fifos requested, in the order specified, using mode
0777.

Mkfifo requires write permission in the parent directory.

Mkfifo exits 0 if successful, and >0 if an error occurred.

STANDARDS
The mkfifo utility is expected to be IEEE Std1003.2 (‘‘POSIX’’) compli-
ant.

SEE ALSO
mkdir(1), mknod(1), rm(1), mkfifo(2)

HISTORY
The mkfifo command appears in 4.4BSD.

4.4BSD January 5, 1994 1