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.TH MKFIFO "1" "March 2004" "mkfifo (coreutils) 5.2.1" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
mkfifo \- make FIFOs (named pipes)
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B mkfifo
[\fIOPTION\fR] \fINAME\fR...
.SH DESCRIPTION
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.PP
Create named pipes (FIFOs) with the given NAMEs.
.PP
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
.TP
\fB\-m\fR, \fB\-\-mode\fR=\fIMODE\fR
set permission mode (as in chmod), not a=rw - umask
.TP
\fB\-\-help\fR
display this help and exit
.TP
\fB\-\-version\fR
output version information and exit
.SH AUTHOR
Written by David MacKenzie.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs to .
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
.br
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
The full documentation for
.B mkfifo
is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the
.B info
and
.B mkfifo
programs are properly installed at your site, the command
.IP
.B info coreutils mkfifo
.PP
should give you access to the complete manual.
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