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36.\" $FreeBSD: head/usr.bin/mkfifo/mkfifo.1 95124 2002-04-20 12:18:28Z charnier $ |
37.\" 38.Dd January 5, 1994 39.Dt MKFIFO 1 40.Os 41.Sh NAME 42.Nm mkfifo 43.Nd make fifos 44.Sh SYNOPSIS 45.Nm 46.Op Fl m Ar mode 47.Ar fifo_name ... 48.Sh DESCRIPTION 49The 50.Nm |
51utility creates the fifos requested, in the order specified. |
52.Pp 53The options are as follows: 54.Bl -tag -width indent 55.It Fl m 56Set the file permission bits of the created fifos to the 57specified mode, ignoring the 58.Xr umask 2 59of the calling process. --- 13 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 73.Fl m 74option is not specified, fifos are created with mode 75.Li \&0666 76modified by the 77.Xr umask 2 78of the calling process. 79The 80.Nm |
81utility requires write permission in the parent directory. |
82.Sh DIAGNOSTICS 83.Ex -std 84.Sh STANDARDS 85The 86.Nm 87utility is expected to be 88.St -p1003.2 89compliant. 90.Sh SEE ALSO 91.Xr mkdir 1 , 92.Xr rm 1 , 93.Xr mkfifo 2 , 94.Xr mknod 2 , 95.Xr mknod 8 96.Sh HISTORY 97The 98.Nm 99command appeared in 100.Bx 4.4 . |