MKFIFO(2)MKFIFO(2)NAMEmkfifo - make a FIFO special file
C SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
int mkfifo (const char *path, mode_t mode);
DESCRIPTION
The mkfifo routine creates a new FIFO special file named by the pathname
pointed to by path. IRIX implements it via the following mknod call:
mknod(path, (mode | S_IFIFO), 0)
where S_IFIFO is defined in <sys/stat.h>. Refer to mknod(2) for details.
SEE ALSOmknod(2), chmod(2), exec(2), pipe(2), stat(2), umask(2).
DIAGNOSTICS
Upon successful completion, mkfifo returns a value of 0. Otherwise, a
value of -1 is returned, no FIFO is created, and errno is set to indicate
the error.
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