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diff --git a/usr.bin/mkfifo/mkfifo.1 b/usr.bin/mkfifo/mkfifo.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a178dc2 --- /dev/null +++ b/usr.bin/mkfifo/mkfifo.1 @@ -0,0 +1,86 @@ +.\" $NetBSD: mkfifo.1,v 1.13 2017/07/04 07:03:32 wiz Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by +.\" the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" @(#)mkfifo.1 8.2 (Berkeley) 1/5/94 +.\" +.Dd January 5, 1994 +.Dt MKFIFO 1 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm mkfifo +.Nd make fifos +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm +.Op Fl m Ar mode +.Ar fifo_name ... +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Nm +creates the fifos requested, in the order specified, +using mode +.Li \&0666 +modified by the current +.Xr umask 2 . +.Pp +The options are as follows: +.Bl -tag -width Ds +.It Fl m +Set the file permission bits of newly-created fifos to +.Ar mode . +The mode is specified as in +.Xr chmod 1 . +In symbolic mode strings, the +.Dq + +and +.Dq - +operators are interpreted relative to an assumed initial mode of +.Dq a=rw +.El +.Pp +.Nm +requires write permission in the parent directory. +.Sh EXIT STATUS +.Ex -std +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr mkdir 1 , +.Xr rm 1 , +.Xr mkfifo 2 , +.Xr mknod 8 +.Sh STANDARDS +The +.Nm +utility is expected to be +.St -p1003.2-92 +compliant. +.Sh HISTORY +.Nm +command appeared in +.Bx 4.4 . |