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1 /* mkfifo -- make fifo's (named pipes)
2 Copyright (C) 90, 91, 1995-1999 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 "error.h"
32 #include "modechange.h"
34 /* The official name of this program (e.g., no `g' prefix). */
35 #define PROGRAM_NAME "mkfifo"
37 #define AUTHORS "David MacKenzie"
39 /* The name this program was run with. */
40 char *program_name;
42 static struct option const longopts[] =
44 {"mode", required_argument, NULL, 'm'},
45 {GETOPT_HELP_OPTION_DECL},
46 {GETOPT_VERSION_OPTION_DECL},
47 {NULL, 0, NULL, 0}
50 #ifdef S_ISFIFO
51 void
52 usage (int status)
54 if (status != 0)
55 fprintf (stderr, _("Try `%s --help' for more information.\n"),
56 program_name);
57 else
59 printf (_("Usage: %s [OPTION] NAME...\n"), program_name);
60 printf (_("\
61 Create named pipes (FIFOs) with the given NAMEs.\n\
62 \n\
63 -m, --mode=MODE set permission mode (as in chmod), not a=rw - umask\n\
64 --help display this help and exit\n\
65 --version output version information and exit\n\
66 "));
67 puts (_("\nReport bugs to <bug-fileutils@gnu.org>."));
68 close_stdout ();
70 exit (status);
72 #endif
74 int
75 main (int argc, char **argv)
77 mode_t newmode;
78 struct mode_change *change;
79 const char *symbolic_mode;
80 int errors = 0;
81 int optc;
83 program_name = argv[0];
84 setlocale (LC_ALL, "");
85 bindtextdomain (PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
86 textdomain (PACKAGE);
88 symbolic_mode = NULL;
90 #ifndef S_ISFIFO
91 error (4, 0, _("fifo files not supported"));
92 #else
93 while ((optc = getopt_long (argc, argv, "m:", longopts, NULL)) != -1)
95 switch (optc)
97 case 0:
98 break;
99 case 'm':
100 symbolic_mode = optarg;
101 break;
102 case_GETOPT_HELP_CHAR;
103 case_GETOPT_VERSION_CHAR (PROGRAM_NAME, AUTHORS);
104 default:
105 usage (1);
109 if (optind == argc)
111 error (0, 0, _("too few arguments"));
112 usage (1);
115 newmode = ((S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IWGRP | S_IROTH | S_IWOTH)
116 & ~ umask (0));
117 if (symbolic_mode)
119 change = mode_compile (symbolic_mode, 0);
120 if (change == MODE_INVALID)
121 error (1, 0, _("invalid mode"));
122 else if (change == MODE_MEMORY_EXHAUSTED)
123 error (1, 0, _("virtual memory exhausted"));
124 newmode = mode_adjust (newmode, change);
127 for (; optind < argc; ++optind)
129 if (mkfifo (argv[optind], newmode))
131 error (0, errno, _("cannot make fifo `%s'"), argv[optind]);
132 errors = 1;
136 exit (errors);
137 #endif