38 lines
1.1 KiB
Groff
38 lines
1.1 KiB
Groff
.TH MKFIFO 1
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.SH NAME
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mkfifo - create named pipes
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B mkfifo
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[\fB\-m\fR \fImode\fR]
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.IR file ...
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.B mkfifo
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creates named pipes (FIFOs) with the given \fIname\fRs. The creation mode can
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be specified with the mode argument either as an octal number or as a symbolic
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mode (e.g. ugo+rw). Note that the mode argument with be combined with the
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default process file mode creation mask as given by umask (i.e. if the mask
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is 022, an mode of 0777 will become 0755).
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.SH OPTIONS
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.TP
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.BR "\-m " \fImode\fR
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Set the file permission bits of the created pipe to the given mode value.
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For symbolic mode strings (e.g. ugo+rx), '+' and '-' are interpretted relative
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to an initial mode of \fIugo=rw\fR (0666).
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.SH EXAMPLES
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.nf
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.RS
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mkfifo -m 0774 pipe.in
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.RE
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.fi
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.PP
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Creates a named pipe with name \fBpipe.in\fR with mode \fI0774^$(umask)\fR.
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(I.E. if umask is 023, the mode of \fBpipe.in\fR will be 0754.)
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.SH AUTHOR
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Written by Kat.
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.SH COPYRIGHT
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Copyright (C) 2020 The FENIX Project
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.PP
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This software is free software. Feel free to modify it and/or pass
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it around.
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.PP
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This \fBmkfifo\fR implementation is a part of the fenutils package. |