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8.Vx
9.Vx
10.Dd
11.Dt MKFIFO 1
12.Os ATT 7th
13.Sh NAME
14.Nm mkfifo
15.Nd make fifos
16.Sh SYNOPSIS
17.Nm mkfifo
18.Op Fl p
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
26Options available are:
27.Tw Ds
28.Tp Fl p
29Create intermediate directories as required.  If this option is not
30specified, the full path prefix of each operand must already exist.
31.Tp
32.Pp
33.Nm Mkfifo
34requires write permission in the parent directory.
35.Pp
36.Nm Mkfifo
37exits 0 if successful, and >0 if an error occurred.
38.Sh STANDARDS
39Mkfifo is POSIX 1003.2 compliant.
40.br
41This manual page derived from the POSIX 1003.2 manual page.
42.Sh SEE ALSO
43.Xr mkdir 1 ,
44.Xr rm 1
45