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.TH MKFIFO "1" "January 2023" "GNU coreutils 9.1" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
mkfifo \- manual page for mkfifo 9.1
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B mkfifo
[\fI\,OPTION\/\fR]... \fI\,NAME\/\fR...
.SH DESCRIPTION
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=\fI\,MODE\/\fR
set file permission bits to MODE, not a=rw \- umask
.TP
\fB\-Z\fR
set the SELinux security context to default type
.TP
\fB\-\-context\fR[=\fI\,CTX\/\fR]
like \fB\-Z\fR, or if CTX is specified then set the SELinux
or SMACK security context to CTX
.TP
\fB\-\-help\fR
display this help and exit
.TP
\fB\-\-version\fR
output version information and exit
.PP
GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
Report any translation bugs to <https://translationproject.org/team/>
Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/mkfifo>
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) mkfifo invocation'
.SH AUTHOR
Written by David MacKenzie.
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
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This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.