NAME

       mkfifo - make FIFOs (named pipes)

SYNOPSIS

       mkfifo [OPTION]... NAME...

DESCRIPTION

       Create named pipes (FIFOs) with the given NAMEs.

       Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.

       -m, --mode=MODE
              set file permission bits to MODE, not a=rw - umask

       -Z, --context=CTX
              set the SELinux security context of each NAME to CTX

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
              output version information and exit

AUTHOR

       Written by David MacKenzie.

REPORTING BUGS

       Report mkfifo bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
       GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
       General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
       Report mkfifo translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright  ©  2013  Free  Software  Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or
       later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
       This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.  There is NO  WARRANTY,
       to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO

       mkfifo(3)

       The  full  documentation  for  mkfifo  is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the info and
       mkfifo programs are properly installed at your site, the command

              info coreutils 'mkfifo invocation'

       should give you access to the complete manual.