NAME mkfifo - make FIFOs (named pipes) SYNOPSIS mkfifo [-m mode] [--mode=mode] [--help] [--version] file- name... DESCRIPTION This manual page documents the GNU version of mkfifo. mkfifo creates a FIFO with each given name. By default, the mode of created FIFOs is 0666 minus the bits set in the umask. OPTIONS -m, --mode mode Set the mode of created FIFOs to mode, which is symbolic as in chmod and uses the default mode as the point of departure. --help Print a usage message on standard output and exit successfully. --version Print version information on standard output then exit successfully.