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+.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1993
+.\"	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
+.\"
+.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by
+.\" the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.
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+.\"     @(#)mkfifo.1	8.2 (Berkeley) 1/5/94
+.\" $FreeBSD$
+.\"
+.Dd January 5, 1994
+.Dt MKFIFO 1
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm mkfifo
+.Nd make fifos
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Nm
+.Op Fl m Ar mode
+.Ar fifo_name ...
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Nm
+utility 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
+.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
+.Ql +
+(plus) and
+.Ql -
+(hyphen) are interpreted relative to an assumed initial mode of
+.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
+modified by the
+.Xr umask 2
+of the calling process.
+The
+.Nm
+utility requires write permission in the parent directory.
+.Sh EXIT STATUS
+.Ex -std
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr mkdir 1 ,
+.Xr rm 1 ,
+.Xr mkfifo 2 ,
+.Xr mknod 2 ,
+.Xr mknod 8
+.Sh STANDARDS
+The
+.Nm
+utility is expected to be
+.St -p1003.2
+compliant.
+.Sh HISTORY
+The
+.Nm
+command appeared in
+.Bx 4.4 .