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