mkfifo(3)mkfifo(3)NAMEmkfifo - Create a FIFO
SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/types.h> #include <sys/stat.h>
int mkfifo(
const char *path,
mode_t mode );
LIBRARY
Standard C Library (libc)
System V Compatibility Library (libsys5.a)
STANDARDS
Interfaces documented on this reference page conform to industry stan‐
dards as follows:
mkfifo(): POSIX.1, XPG4, XPG4-UNIX
Refer to the standards(5) reference page for more information about
industry standards and associated tags.
PARAMETERS
Names the new file. If the final component of the path parameter names
a symbolic link, the link will be traversed and pathname resolution
will continue. Specifies the type, attributes, and access permissions
of the file. This parameter is constructed by logically ORing values
described in the sys/mode.h header file.
The mode is then modified by the current file mode creation mask
(umask) value.
DESCRIPTION
The mkfifo function used with libc.a is an interface to the mknod func‐
tion, where the file that is to be created is a FIFO special file
(named pipe).
When used with libsys5.a, the mkfifo() function creates a uni-direc‐
tional STREAMS based file descriptor.
No special system privileges are required under either implementation.
Upon successful completion, the mkfifo() function marks the st_atime,
st_ctime, and st_mtime fields of the file for update, and sets the
st_ctime and st_mtime fields of the directory that contains the new
entry for update.
RETURN VALUES
Upon successful completion of mkfifo(), a value of 0 (zero) is
returned. Otherwise, a value of -1 is returned and errno is set to
indicate the error.
ERRORS
If the mkfifo() function fails, the new file is not created and errno
may be set to one of the following values: A component of the path pre‐
fix denies search permission, or write permission is denied on the par‐
ent directory of the FIFO to be created. The directory in which the
entry for the new link is being placed cannot be extended because the
user's quota of disk blocks or inodes on the file system is exhausted.
The named file exists. Too many links were encountered in translating
path. No more file descriptors are available for this process. The
system file table is full, or the device containing the pipes has no
free inodes. The length of the path parameter exceeds PATH_MAX or a
pathname component is longer than NAME_MAX. A component of the path
prefix does not exist or the path parameter points to an empty string.
The directory that would contain the new file cannot be extended or the
file system is out of file allocation resources. A component of the
path prefix is not a directory. The mode parameter specifies a file
type other than S_IFIFO and the calling process does not have the
DEV_CONFIG system privilege. The directory in which the file is to be
created is located on a read-only file system.
SEE ALSO
Commands: chmod(1), mkdir(1), mkfifo(1)
Functions: chmod(2), mkdir(2), mknod(2), mq_open(2), open(2),
sem_open(2), stat(2), umask(2)
Standards: standards(5)
Other: sys_attrs_vfs(5)mkfifo(3)