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1 | .\" Copyright (c) 1990 The Regents of the University of California. |
| 2 | .\" All rights reserved. | |
| 3 | .\" | |
| ef1f0408 | 4 | .\" %sccs.include.redist.man% |
| 10609689 | 5 | .\" |
| d0719240 | 6 | .\" @(#)mkfifo.1 5.4 (Berkeley) %G% |
| 10609689 | 7 | .\" |
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8 | .Dd |
| 9 | .Dt MKFIFO 1 | |
| 10 | .Os ATT 7th | |
| 11 | .Sh NAME | |
| 12 | .Nm mkfifo | |
| 13 | .Nd make fifos | |
| 14 | .Sh SYNOPSIS | |
| 15 | .Nm mkfifo | |
| 16 | .Op Fl p | |
| 17 | .Ar fifo_name ... | |
| 18 | .Sh DESCRIPTION | |
| 19 | .Nm Mkfifo | |
| 20 | creates the fifos requested, in the order specified, | |
| 21 | using mode | |
| 22 | .Li \&0777 . | |
| 23 | .Pp | |
| 24 | Options available are: | |
| 25 | .Tw Ds | |
| 26 | .Tp Fl p | |
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27 | Create intermediate directories as required. If this option is not |
| 28 | specified, the full path prefix of each operand must already exist. | |
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29 | .Tp |
| 30 | .Pp | |
| 31 | .Nm Mkfifo | |
| 10609689 | 32 | requires write permission in the parent directory. |
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33 | .Pp |
| 34 | .Nm Mkfifo | |
| 10609689 | 35 | exits 0 if successful, and >0 if an error occurred. |
| 5325ced3 | 36 | .Sh STANDARDS |
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37 | Mkfifo is POSIX 1003.2 compliant. |
| 38 | .br | |
| 39 | This manual page derived from the POSIX 1003.2 manual page. | |
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40 | .Sh SEE ALSO |
| 41 | .Xr mkdir 1 , | |
| 42 | .Xr rm 1 |