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Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin/mkfifo/mkfifo.1')
| -rw-r--r-- | usr.bin/mkfifo/mkfifo.1 | 33 |
1 files changed, 29 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/mkfifo/mkfifo.1 b/usr.bin/mkfifo/mkfifo.1 index 3aa3ee9..44fe004 100644 --- a/usr.bin/mkfifo/mkfifo.1 +++ b/usr.bin/mkfifo/mkfifo.1 @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" .\" @(#)mkfifo.1 8.2 (Berkeley) 1/5/94 -.\" $Id$ +.\" $Id: mkfifo.1,v 1.4 1997/04/27 08:45:45 jmg Exp $ .\" .Dd January 5, 1994 .Dt MKFIFO 1 @@ -43,14 +43,39 @@ .Nd make fifos .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm +.Op Fl m Ar mode .Ar fifo_name ... .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm -command creates the fifos requested, in the order specified, -using mode -.Li \&0777 . +command creates the fifos requested, in the order specified. .Pp +The options are as follows: +.Bl -tag -width indent +.It Fl m +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 +.Xr chmod 1 +command. +If a symbolic mode is specified, the op symbols +.Dq + +(plus) and +.Dq - +(hyphen) are interpreted relative to an assumed initial mode of +.Dq 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 +modified by the +.Xr umask 2 +of the calling process. The .Nm command requires write permission in the parent directory. |
