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+.\"	$NetBSD: mkfifo.1,v 1.6 1997/10/19 05:11:52 lukem Exp $
+.\"
+.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1993
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+.\"     @(#)mkfifo.1	8.2 (Berkeley) 1/5/94
+.\"
+.Dd January 5, 1994
+.Dt MKFIFO 1
+.Os BSD 4.4
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm mkfifo
+.Nd make fifos
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Nm mkfifo
+.Op Fl m Ar mode
+.Ar fifo_name  ...
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+.Nm mkfifo
+creates the fifos requested, in the order specified.
+By default,
+the resulting fifos have mode
+.Li \&0666
+(rw-rw-rw-), limited 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 ,
+without respect to the current umask.
+.Pp
+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 mkfifo
+requires write permission in the parent directory.
+.Pp
+.Nm mkfifo
+exits with 0 if successful, and with >0 if an error occurred.
+.Sh LEGACY DESCRIPTION
+In legacy mode, the fifo's file permission bits
+are always limited by the current umask.
+.Pp
+For more information about legacy mode, see
+.Xr compat 5 .
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr mkdir 1 ,
+.Xr rm 1 ,
+.Xr umask 1 ,
+.Xr mkfifo 2 ,
+.Xr umask 2 ,
+.Xr compat 5 ,
+.Xr mknod 8
+.Sh STANDARDS
+The
+.Nm mkfifo
+utility is expected to be
+.St -p1003.2-92
+compliant.
+.Sh HISTORY
+.Nm mkfifo
+command appeared in
+.Bx 4.4 .