MKFIFO(1L)

NAME
mkfifo - make FIFOs (named pipes)

SYNOPSIS
mkfifo [-m mode] [--mode=mode] [--help] [--version] filename...

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.