1.\" Copyright (c) 1990 The Regents of the University of California. 2.\" 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 5.8 (Berkeley) 12/29/92 10.\" 11.Dd 12.Dt MKFIFO 1 13.Os 14.Sh NAME 15.Nm mkfifo 16.Nd make fifos 17.Sh SYNOPSIS 18.Nm mkfifo 19.Op Fl p 20.Ar fifo_name ... 21.Sh DESCRIPTION 22.Nm Mkfifo 23creates the fifos requested, in the order specified, 24using mode 25.Li \&0777 . 26.Pp 27Options available are: 28.Bl -tag -width Ds 29.It Fl p 30Create intermediate directories as required. If this option is not 31specified, the full path prefix of each operand must already exist. 32.El 33.Pp 34.Nm Mkfifo 35requires write permission in the parent directory. 36.Pp 37.Nm Mkfifo 38exits 0 if successful, and >0 if an error occurred. 39.Sh STANDARDS 40The 41.Nm mkfifo 42utility is expected to be 43.St -p1003.2 44compliant. 45.Sh SEE ALSO 46.Xr mkdir 1 , 47.Xr rm 1, 48.Xr mkfifo 2 49.Sh HISTORY 50The 51.Nm 52command is 53.Ud 54