NAME

       mkfifoat - make a FIFO (named pipe) relative to a directory file descriptor

SYNOPSIS

       #include <fcntl.h> /* Definition of AT_* constants */
       #include <sys/stat.h>

       int mkfifoat(int dirfd, const char *pathname, mode_t mode);

   Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):

       mkfifoat():
           Since glibc 2.10:
               _XOPEN_SOURCE >= 700 || _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200809L
           Before glibc 2.10:
               _ATFILE_SOURCE

DESCRIPTION

       The  mkfifoat()  system call operates in exactly the same way as mkfifo(3), except for the
       differences described in this manual page.

       If the pathname given in pathname is relative, then it  is  interpreted  relative  to  the
       directory  referred  to  by the file descriptor dirfd (rather than relative to the current
       working directory of the  calling  process,  as  is  done  by  mkfifo(3)  for  a  relative
       pathname).

       If  pathname  is  relative  and  dirfd  is  the  special  value AT_FDCWD, then pathname is
       interpreted relative to the  current  working  directory  of  the  calling  process  (like
       mkfifo(3)).

       If pathname is absolute, then dirfd is ignored.

RETURN VALUE

       On  success,  mkfifoat() returns 0.  On error, -1 is returned and errno is set to indicate
       the error.

ERRORS

       The same errors that occur for mkfifo(3) can also occur  for  mkfifoat().   The  following
       additional errors can occur for mkfifoat():

       EBADF  dirfd is not a valid file descriptor.

       ENOTDIR
              pathname  is  a  relative  path  and dirfd is a file descriptor referring to a file
              other than a directory.

VERSIONS

       mkfifoat() was added to glibc in version 2.4.  It is implemented using mknod(2), available
       on Linux since kernel 2.6.16.

CONFORMING TO

       POSIX.1-2008.

NOTES

       See openat(2) for an explanation of the need for mkfifoat().

SEE ALSO

       openat(2), mkfifo(3), path_resolution(7)

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