.TH MKFIFO 1 sbase\-VERSION
.SH NAME
mkfifo \- make named pipe
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B mkfifo
.RB [ \-m
.IR mode ]
.I name ...
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B mkfifo
creates named pipes (FIFOs) with the given names.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B \-m
Set the file permission bits of newly created FIFOs to mode.  The mode
is specified in octal as we do not currently support all the formats that
the chmod(1) utility supports.
.SH SEE ALSO
.IR mkfifo (3)