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1 /* mkfifo -- make fifo's (named pipes)
2 Copyright (C) 90, 91, 95, 1996 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
5 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
6 the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
7 any later version.
9 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
10 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
11 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
12 GNU General Public License for more details.
14 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
15 along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
16 Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */
18 /* Options:
19 -m, --mode=mode Set the mode of created fifo's to MODE, which is
20 symbolic as in chmod and uses the umask as a point of
21 departure.
23 David MacKenzie <djm@ai.mit.edu> */
25 #include <config.h>
26 #include <stdio.h>
27 #include <getopt.h>
28 #include <sys/types.h>
30 #include "system.h"
31 #include "modechange.h"
32 #include "error.h"
34 /* The name this program was run with. */
35 char *program_name;
37 /* If nonzero, display usage information and exit. */
38 static int show_help;
40 /* If nonzero, print the version on standard output and exit. */
41 static int show_version;
43 static struct option const longopts[] =
45 {"mode", required_argument, NULL, 'm'},
46 {"help", no_argument, &show_help, 1},
47 {"version", no_argument, &show_version, 1},
48 {NULL, 0, NULL, 0}
51 #ifdef S_ISFIFO
52 static void
53 usage (int status)
55 if (status != 0)
56 fprintf (stderr, _("Try `%s --help' for more information.\n"),
57 program_name);
58 else
60 printf (_("Usage: %s [OPTION] NAME...\n"), program_name);
61 printf (_("\
62 Create named pipes (FIFOs) with the given NAMEs.\n\
63 \n\
64 -m, --mode=MODE set permission mode (as in chmod), not 0666 - umask\n\
65 --help display this help and exit\n\
66 --version output version information and exit\n"));
68 exit (status);
70 #endif
72 int
73 main (int argc, char **argv)
75 unsigned short newmode;
76 struct mode_change *change;
77 char *symbolic_mode;
78 int errors = 0;
79 int optc;
81 program_name = argv[0];
82 setlocale (LC_ALL, "");
83 bindtextdomain (PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
84 textdomain (PACKAGE);
86 symbolic_mode = NULL;
88 #ifndef S_ISFIFO
89 error (4, 0, _("fifo files not supported"));
90 #else
91 while ((optc = getopt_long (argc, argv, "m:", longopts, (int *) 0)) != EOF)
93 switch (optc)
95 case 0:
96 break;
97 case 'm':
98 symbolic_mode = optarg;
99 break;
100 default:
101 usage (1);
105 if (show_version)
107 printf ("mkfifo - %s\n", PACKAGE_VERSION);
108 exit (0);
111 if (show_help)
112 usage (0);
114 if (optind == argc)
116 error (0, 0, _("too few arguments"));
117 usage (1);
120 newmode = 0666 & ~umask (0);
121 if (symbolic_mode)
123 change = mode_compile (symbolic_mode, 0);
124 if (change == MODE_INVALID)
125 error (1, 0, _("invalid mode"));
126 else if (change == MODE_MEMORY_EXHAUSTED)
127 error (1, 0, _("virtual memory exhausted"));
128 newmode = mode_adjust (newmode, change);
131 for (; optind < argc; ++optind)
133 if (mkfifo (argv[optind], newmode))
135 error (0, errno, _("cannot make fifo `%s'"), argv[optind]);
136 errors = 1;
140 exit (errors);
141 #endif