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<h2>mkfifo - Make FIFO special files</h2>
<p><strong>Synopsis</strong></p>
<p><strong>mkfifo [-p] [-m</strong> <em>mode</em><strong>]</strong>
<em>file ...</em></p>
<p><strong>Description</strong></p>
<p>The <strong>mkfifo</strong> utility creates the FIFO special files named
as operands, in the order specified, using a default mode that
allows read and write permission for the owner, group, and others (0666) as
modified by the current file creation mask.</p>
<p>The user must have write permission in the parent directory.</p>
<p><strong>Options</strong></p>
<dl>
<dt><strong>-m</strong> <em>mode</em></dt>
<dd>Set the file permission bits of the FIFO special file to
the specified <em>mode</em>. The mode argument can be in any of the
formats supported by the <a href="chmod.htm">chmod</a> command. If
a symbolic mode is specified, the operation characters + and - are
interpreted relative to an initial mode of "a=rw".</dd>
<dt><strong>-p</strong></dt>
<dd>Create intermediate directories as required. If this option is
not specified, the full path prefix of each <em>file</em> must already
exist. Intermediate directories are created with a default mode that allows
read, write, and search permission for the owner, group, and others (0777)
as modified by the current file creation mask.</dd>
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<p><strong>Operands</strong></p>
<p>Each <em>file</em> is the path name of FIFO special file.</p>
<p><strong>Exit Status</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>0 if successful</li>
<li>&gt;0 if an error occurred.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Related information</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="chmod.htm">chmod - Change file modes
(permissions)</a></li>
<li><a href="mkdir.htm">mkdir - Make directories</a></li>
<li><a href="umask.htm">umask - Get or set the file mode creation
mask</a></li>
</ul>
<strong>Examples</strong>
<ol>
<li>Create the FIFO special files &quot;fifo1&quot; and &quot;fifo1&quot;:
<pre>
mkfifo fifo1 fifo2
</pre></li>
<li>Create the the FIFO special file &quot;fifo1&quot; and set the
permissons to read, write and execute for the owner:
<pre>
mkfifo -m 700 myfifo
</pre></li>
<li>Create the the FIFO special file &quot;/dir1/dir2/fifo1&quot; and each
directory in the path that does not exist:
<pre>
mkfifo -p /dir1/dir2/fifo1
</pre></li>
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