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mkfifo
Make FIFO special files (POSIX, toybox)

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mkfifo

QNX SDP8.0Utilities ReferenceUtilities

Make FIFO special files (POSIX, toybox)

Syntax:

mkfifo [name...]

Runs on:

QNX OS

Options:

name: The pathname of the FIFO file that is being created.

Description:

The mkfifo utility creates the FIFO (named pipes) special files specified by the file operands in the order they're specified.

This utility is provided as part of the toybox package. For information on how to enable it, see toybox.

Contributing author:

Rob Landley and the toybox project (see https://landley.net/toybox/).

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