1.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1993 2.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. 3.\" 4.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by 5.\" the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. 6.\" 7.\" %sccs.include.redist.man% 8.\" 9.\" @(#)mkfifo.1 8.2 (Berkeley) 01/05/94 10.\" 11.Dd 12.Dt MKFIFO 1 13.Os BSD 4.4 14.Sh NAME 15.Nm mkfifo 16.Nd make fifos 17.Sh SYNOPSIS 18.Nm mkfifo 19.Ar fifo_name ... 20.Sh DESCRIPTION 21.Nm Mkfifo 22creates the fifos requested, in the order specified, 23using mode 24.Li \&0777 . 25.Pp 26.Nm Mkfifo 27requires write permission in the parent directory. 28.Pp 29.Nm Mkfifo 30exits 0 if successful, and >0 if an error occurred. 31.Sh STANDARDS 32The 33.Nm mkfifo 34utility is expected to be 35.St -p1003.2 36compliant. 37.Sh SEE ALSO 38.Xr mkdir 1 , 39.Xr mknod 1 , 40.Xr rm 1 , 41.Xr mkfifo 2 42.Sh HISTORY 43The 44.Nm 45command appears in 46.Bx 4.4 . 47