mkfifo

create FIFO special files 

Command

SYNOPSIS

mkfifo fifo_name ...

DESCRIPTION

The mkfifo utility creates the FIFOs requested, in the order specified, using mode 0777. mkfifo requires write permission in the parent directory.

FIFOs must be created under the ROOTDIR/fifos directory.

FIFOs created by this command are for use only by NuTCRACKER Platform applications. These FIFOs appear as regular files to non-NuTCRACKER Platform applications. If a non-NuTCRACKER Platform application writes to a FIFO, the FIFO is corrupted such that it no longer appears as a FIFO to NuTCRACKER Platform applications.

DIAGNOSTICS

Possible exit status values are:

0 

Successful completion.

>0 

An error occurred.

AVAILABILITY

PTC MKS Toolkit for Power Users
PTC MKS Toolkit for System Administrators
PTC MKS Toolkit for Developers
PTC MKS Toolkit for Interoperability
PTC MKS Toolkit for Professional Developers
PTC MKS Toolkit for Professional Developers 64-Bit Edition
PTC MKS Toolkit for Enterprise Developers
PTC MKS Toolkit for Enterprise Developers 64-Bit Edition

SEE ALSO

Functions:
mkfifo()

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