MKFIFO(1)

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  set the SELinux security context to default type

--context[=CTX]
    like -Z, or if CTX is specified then set the SELinux or SMACK security context to CTX

--help
    display this help and exit

--version
    output version information and exit

AUTHOR
Written by David MacKenzie.

REPORTING BUGS
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SEE ALSO
mkfifo(3)

Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/mkfifo>
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) mkfifo invocation'

Packaged by Gentoo (9.10 (p0))
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