MKFIFO(1) BSD General Commands Manual MKFIFO(1)NAME
mkfifo — make fifos
SYNOPSIS
mkfifo fifo_name ...
DESCRIPTIONMkfifo creates the fifos requested, in the order specified, using mode
0777.
Mkfifo requires write permission in the parent directory.
Mkfifo exits 0 if successful, and >0 if an error occurred.
STANDARDS
The mkfifo utility is expected to be IEEE Std 1003.2 (“POSIX.2”) compli‐
ant.
SEE ALSOmkdir(1), mknod(1), rm(1), mkfifo(2)HISTORY
The mkfifo command appears in 4.4BSD.
4.4BSD January 5, 1994 4.4BSD