fifo_make(3)

fifo_make3

Create a named pipe

Usage

#include <fifo.h>

int fifo_make(fn,mode);

char *fn;
int mode;

Overview

fifo_make creates a new named pipe with name fn and mode mode (modified by the process umask).

fifo_make returns 0 on success, -1 on error.

Releases

Unchanged in 4 releases since Debian 7 (Wheezy).

  1. 7–10

From qmail 1.06-6.2~deb10u1 in Debian 10 (Buster). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.