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                     40: .Dd January 5, 1994
                     41: .Dt MKFIFO 1
                     42: .Os BSD 4.4
                     43: .Sh NAME
                     44: .Nm mkfifo
1.3     ! etheisen   45: .Nd make fifos or sockets
1.1       deraadt    46: .Sh SYNOPSIS
                     47: .Nm mkfifo
                     48: .Op Fl m Ar mode
1.3     ! etheisen   49: .Op Fl s
        !            50: .Ar filename  ...
1.1       deraadt    51: .Sh DESCRIPTION
                     52: .Nm Mkfifo
1.3     ! etheisen   53: creates the fifos or AF_UNIX sockets requested, in the order specified,
1.1       deraadt    54: using mode
                     55: .Li \&0666
                     56: modified by the current
                     57: .Xr umask 2 .
                     58: .Pp
                     59: The options are as follows:
                     60: .Bl -tag -width Ds
                     61: .It Fl m
                     62: Set the file permission bits of newly-created directories to
                     63: .Ar mode .
                     64: The mode is specified as in
                     65: .Xr chmod 1 .
                     66: In symbolic mode strings, the
                     67: .Dq +
                     68: and
                     69: .Dq -
                     70: operators are interpreted relative to an assumed initial mode of
                     71: .Dq a=rw
1.3     ! etheisen   72: .It Fl s
        !            73: Create AF_UNIX socket names in the file system.
        !            74: This is a non-standard extension.
1.1       deraadt    75: .El
                     76: .Pp
                     77: .Nm Mkfifo
                     78: requires write permission in the parent directory.
                     79: .Pp
                     80: .Nm Mkfifo
                     81: exits 0 if successful, and >0 if an error occurred.
                     82: .Sh SEE ALSO
                     83: .Xr mkdir 1 ,
                     84: .Xr mknod 1 ,
                     85: .Xr rm 1 ,
1.3     ! etheisen   86: .Xr mkfifo 2 ,
        !            87: .Xr socket 2 ,
        !            88: .Xr bind 2
1.1       deraadt    89: .Sh STANDARDS
1.3     ! etheisen   90: With the exception of the
        !            91: .Fl s
        !            92: flag, the
1.1       deraadt    93: .Nm mkfifo
                     94: utility is expected to be
                     95: .St -p1003.2-92
                     96: compliant.
                     97: .Sh HISTORY
                     98: .Nm
                     99: command appears in
                    100: .Bx 4.4 .