Annotation of src/usr.bin/mkfifo/mkfifo.1, Revision 1.6
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38: .\" @(#)mkfifo.1 8.2 (Berkeley) 1/5/94
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40: .Dd January 5, 1994
41: .Dt MKFIFO 1
42: .Os BSD 4.4
43: .Sh NAME
44: .Nm mkfifo
1.6 ! aaron 45: .Nd make FIFOs
1.1 deraadt 46: .Sh SYNOPSIS
47: .Nm mkfifo
48: .Op Fl m Ar mode
1.4 etheisen 49: .Ar fifo_name ...
1.1 deraadt 50: .Sh DESCRIPTION
1.6 ! aaron 51: .Nm mkfifo
! 52: creates the FIFOs requested, in the order specified,
1.1 deraadt 53: using mode
54: .Li \&0666
55: modified by the current
56: .Xr umask 2 .
57: .Pp
58: The options are as follows:
59: .Bl -tag -width Ds
1.6 ! aaron 60: .It Fl m Ar mode
1.1 deraadt 61: Set the file permission bits of newly-created directories to
62: .Ar mode .
63: The mode is specified as in
64: .Xr chmod 1 .
65: In symbolic mode strings, the
66: .Dq +
67: and
68: .Dq -
69: operators are interpreted relative to an assumed initial mode of
1.6 ! aaron 70: .Dq a=rw .
1.1 deraadt 71: .El
72: .Pp
1.6 ! aaron 73: .Nm mkfifo
1.1 deraadt 74: requires write permission in the parent directory.
75: .Pp
1.6 ! aaron 76: The
! 77: .Nm mkfifo
! 78: utility exits 0 on success or >0 if an error occurred.
1.1 deraadt 79: .Sh SEE ALSO
80: .Xr mkdir 1 ,
81: .Xr rm 1 ,
1.6 ! aaron 82: .Xr mkfifo 2 ,
! 83: .Xr mknod 8
1.1 deraadt 84: .Sh STANDARDS
1.4 etheisen 85: The
1.1 deraadt 86: .Nm mkfifo
87: utility is expected to be
88: .St -p1003.2-92
89: compliant.
90: .Sh HISTORY
1.6 ! aaron 91: The
1.1 deraadt 92: .Nm
1.6 ! aaron 93: command appeared in
1.1 deraadt 94: .Bx 4.4 .