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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 permission mode (as in chmod), not a=rw - umask

       -Z, --context=CONTEXT
	      set security context (quoted string)

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
	      output version information and exit

AUTHOR
       Written by David MacKenzie.

REPORTING BUGS
       Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       This is free software.  You may redistribute copies  of	it  under  the
       terms	   of	    the	     GNU      General	   Public      License
       <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.	There is NO WARRANTY,  to  the
       extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO
       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 mkfifo

       should give you access to the complete manual.

mkfifo 5.97			  March 2012			     MKFIFO(1)