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2 .TH MKFIFO "1" "May 2014" "GNU coreutils 8.22" "User Commands"
4 mkfifo \- make FIFOs (named pipes)
7 [\fIOPTION\fR]... \fINAME\fR...
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11 Create named pipes (FIFOs) with the given NAMEs.
13 Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
15 \fB\-m\fR, \fB\-\-mode\fR=\fIMODE\fR
16 set file permission bits to MODE, not a=rw \- umask
18 \fB\-Z\fR, \fB\-\-context\fR[=\fICTX\fR]
19 set the SELinux security context of each NAME to
20 default type, or CTX if specified
23 display this help and exit
26 output version information and exit
28 GNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
29 Report mkfifo translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>
31 Written by David MacKenzie.
33 Copyright \(co 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
34 License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
36 This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
37 There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
41 The full documentation for
43 is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the
47 programs are properly installed at your site, the command
49 .B info coreutils \(aqmkfifo invocation\(aq
51 should give you access to the complete manual.