mkfifo(1)

✨ mkfifo — bestie edition ✨

okay so like, welcome to the mkfifo page, from the General Commands Manual 💖 it lives in section 1, so it's a user command, and honestly? it's a whole vibe. it makes FIFOs. that's it. that's the job. 🎀

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🌸 NAME 🌸

mkfifo — Create a FIFO with the given name.

yep. that's the entire personality. it creates a FIFO (a "named pipe", iykyk) with the name you hand it. 🦋

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🫶 SYNOPSIS 🫶

mkfifo [-m|--mode] [-Z ] [--context] [-h|--help] [-V|--version] [fifo]

look at her. so compact. so iconic. 👑

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💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

Create a FIFO with the given name.

literally that's the whole thing bestie, no cap. you give it a name, it gives you a FIFO. main character energy from start to finish. ✨

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🔥 OPTIONS 🔥

• -m, --mode <MODE> — file permissions for the fifo. yes you get to decide who's allowed to do what. slay. 💅
• -Z — set the SELinux security context to default type. security said let me handle it. 🔒
• --context[=<CTX>] — like -Z, or if CTX is specified then set the SELinux or SMACK security context to CTX. so it's giving -Z energy but with extra options if you pass CTX. obsessed. 🌈
• -h, --help — Print help. when in doubt, ask for help. no shame in it bestie. 🫶
• -V, --version — Print version. for when you need to know exactly which girl you're dealing with. ⭐

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👑 VERSION 👑

v(uutils coreutils) 0.7.0

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💀 friendly reminder: every single flag, value, default and literal up there is exactly as written. don't be out here improvising. the facts do not change just because the vibe is immaculate. periodt.

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okay that's the whole page!! uutils coreutils 0.7.0 is where this beautiful thing comes from, and it's the mkfifo from that release, dated right there in the footer. thanks for reading, ily, go make some FIFOs 🎀🦋💖