NAME

mkfifo − make a FIFO special file

SYNOPSIS

/usr/5bin/mkfifo path ... 

DESCRIPTION

Mkfifo creates the FIFO special files in its arguments.  The arguments are processed in the order mentioned, and each FIFO is either created completely or (in the case of an error or signal) not created at all. 

FIFOs are created with a mode of 666, modified by the user’s umask setting. 

EXIT STATUS

Zero if all the FIFOs were created correctly.  Non-zero if errors occured creating one or more of the FIFOs. 

SEE ALSO

mknod(8), umask(1)

4th Berkeley Distribution