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.TH MKFIFO "1" "March 2007" "GNU coreutils 6.9" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
mkfifo \- make FIFOs (named pipes)
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B mkfifo
[\fIOPTION\fR] \fINAME\fR...
.SH DESCRIPTION
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.PP
Create named pipes (FIFOs) with the given NAMEs.
.PP
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
.TP
\fB\-m\fR, \fB\-\-mode\fR=\fIMODE\fR
set file permission bits to MODE, not a=rw \- umask
.TP
\fB\-\-help\fR
display this help and exit
.TP
\fB\-\-version\fR
output version information and exit
.SH AUTHOR
Written by David MacKenzie.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs to <bug\-coreutils@gnu.org>.
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
.br
This is free software.  You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of
the GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
mkfifo(3)
.PP
The full documentation for
.B mkfifo
is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the
.B info
and
.B mkfifo
programs are properly installed at your site, the command
.IP
.B info mkfifo
.PP
should give you access to the complete manual.