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                     39: .Dd January 5, 1994
                     40: .Dt MKFIFO 1
                     41: .Os BSD 4.4
                     42: .Sh NAME
                     43: .Nm mkfifo
                     44: .Nd make fifos
                     45: .Sh SYNOPSIS
                     46: .Nm mkfifo
                     47: .Op Fl m Ar mode
                     48: .Ar fifo_name  ...
                     49: .Sh DESCRIPTION
                     50: .Nm Mkfifo
                     51: creates the fifos requested, in the order specified,
                     52: using mode
                     53: .Li \&0666
                     54: modified by the current
                     55: .Xr umask 2 .
                     56: .Pp
                     57: The options are as follows:
                     58: .Bl -tag -width Ds
                     59: .It Fl m
                     60: Set the file permission bits of newly-created directories to
                     61: .Ar mode .
                     62: The mode is specified as in
                     63: .Xr chmod 1 .
                     64: In symbolic mode strings, the
                     65: .Dq +
                     66: and
                     67: .Dq -
                     68: operators are interpreted relative to an assumed initial mode of
                     69: .Dq a=rw
                     70: .El
                     71: .Pp
                     72: .Nm Mkfifo
                     73: requires write permission in the parent directory.
                     74: .Pp
                     75: .Nm Mkfifo
                     76: exits 0 if successful, and >0 if an error occurred.
                     77: .Sh SEE ALSO
                     78: .Xr mkdir 1 ,
                     79: .Xr mknod 1 ,
                     80: .Xr rm 1 ,
                     81: .Xr mkfifo 2
                     82: .Sh STANDARDS
                     83: The
                     84: .Nm mkfifo
                     85: utility is expected to be
                     86: .St -p1003.2-92
                     87: compliant.
                     88: .Sh HISTORY
                     89: .Nm
                     90: command appears in
                     91: .Bx 4.4 .