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| -rw-r--r-- | usr.bin/mkfifo/mkfifo.1 | 12 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/mkfifo/mkfifo.1 b/usr.bin/mkfifo/mkfifo.1 index 3fd3176..b29c48a 100644 --- a/usr.bin/mkfifo/mkfifo.1 +++ b/usr.bin/mkfifo/mkfifo.1 @@ -57,22 +57,24 @@ Set the file permission bits of the created fifos to the specified mode, ignoring the .Xr umask 2 of the calling process. -The mode argument takes any format that can be specified to the +The +.Ar mode +argument takes any format that can be specified to the .Xr chmod 1 command. If a symbolic mode is specified, the op symbols -.Dq + +.Ql + (plus) and -.Dq - +.Ql - (hyphen) are interpreted relative to an assumed initial mode of -.Dq a=rw +.Dq Li a=rw (read and write permissions for all). .El .Pp If the .Fl m option is not specified, fifos are created with mode -.Li \&0666 +.Li 0666 modified by the .Xr umask 2 of the calling process. |
