MKFIFO(1) User Commands 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, --context=CTX set the SELinux security context of each NAME to CTX --help display this help and exit --version output version information and exit AUTHOR Written by David MacKenzie. REPORTING BUGS Report mkfifo bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org GNU coreutils home page: General help using GNU software: COPYRIGHT Copyright © 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later . This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. SEE ALSO mkfifo(3) The full documentation for mkfifo is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and mkfifo programs are properly installed at your site, the command info coreutils 'mkfifo invocation' should give you access to the complete manual. GNU coreutils 7.2 March 2009 MKFIFO(1)