## 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 set the SELinux security context to default type

--context[=CTX] like -Z, or if CTX is specified then set the SELinux or SMACK security context to CTX

--help display this help and exit

--version output version information and exit

## AUTHOR

Written by David MacKenzie.

## REPORTING BUGS

GNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
Report mkfifo translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
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)

Full documentation at: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/mkfifo>
or available locally via: info (aq(coreutils) mkfifo invocation(aq