MKFIFO(2)							     MKFIFO(2)

NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     mkfifo - make a FIFO special file

C SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     #include <sys/types.h>
     #include <sys/stat.h>

     int mkfifo	(const char *path, mode_t mode);

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     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 ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     mknod(2), chmod(2), exec(2), pipe(2), stat(2), umask(2).

DIAGNOSTICS    [Toc]    [Back]

     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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