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.

GNU coreutils 8.21                                 March 2016                                          MKFIFO(1)