88 lines
2.7 KiB
Groff
88 lines
2.7 KiB
Groff
.\" $NetBSD: mkfifo.1,v 1.10 2003/08/07 11:15:13 agc Exp $
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.\"
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.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1993
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.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
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.\"
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.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by
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.\" the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.
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.\"
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.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\" are met:
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.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
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.\" without specific prior written permission.
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.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
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.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
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.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\" @(#)mkfifo.1 8.2 (Berkeley) 1/5/94
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.\"
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.Dd January 5, 1994
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.Dt MKFIFO 1
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm mkfifo
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.Nd make fifos
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm
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.Op Fl m Ar mode
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.Ar fifo_name ...
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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.Nm
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creates the fifos requested, in the order specified,
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using mode
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.Li \&0666
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modified by the current
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.Xr umask 2 .
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.Pp
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The options are as follows:
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.Bl -tag -width Ds
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.It Fl m
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Set the file permission bits of newly-created directories to
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.Ar mode .
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The mode is specified as in
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.Xr chmod 1 .
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In symbolic mode strings, the
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.Dq +
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and
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.Dq -
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operators are interpreted relative to an assumed initial mode of
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.Dq a=rw
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.El
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.Pp
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.Nm
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requires write permission in the parent directory.
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.Pp
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.Nm
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exits 0 if successful, and \*[Gt]0 if an error occurred.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr mkdir 1 ,
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.Xr rm 1 ,
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.Xr mkfifo 2 ,
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.Xr mknod 8
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.Sh STANDARDS
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The
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.Nm
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utility is expected to be
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.St -p1003.2-92
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compliant.
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.Sh HISTORY
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.Nm
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command appeared in
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.Bx 4.4 .
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