Mkfifo

The mkfifo command creates a FIFO or "named pipe".

Basic usage: mkfifo [-m mode] filename

Provided by

Most (all?) Linux distributions incorporate this from the GNU Coreutils: man page

Related Commands

• link - Make hard links.
• ln - Make hard or soft links
• mkdir - Make directory nodes.
• mknod - Make a device node, or a socket.
• readlink - Make a canonical name.
• rmdir - Remove empty directories.
• unlink - Remove directory entries (other than for subdirectories)

See also

• file
• device
• Directory

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