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1 /* mkfifo -- make fifo's (named pipes)
2 Copyright (C) 90, 91, 1995-2001 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 /* David MacKenzie <djm@ai.mit.edu> */
20 #include <config.h>
21 #include <stdio.h>
22 #include <getopt.h>
23 #include <sys/types.h>
25 #include "system.h"
26 #include "error.h"
27 #include "modechange.h"
28 #include "quote.h"
30 /* The official name of this program (e.g., no `g' prefix). */
31 #define PROGRAM_NAME "mkfifo"
33 #define AUTHORS "David MacKenzie"
35 /* The name this program was run with. */
36 char *program_name;
38 static struct option const longopts[] =
40 {"mode", required_argument, NULL, 'm'},
41 {GETOPT_HELP_OPTION_DECL},
42 {GETOPT_VERSION_OPTION_DECL},
43 {NULL, 0, NULL, 0}
46 #ifdef S_ISFIFO
47 void
48 usage (int status)
50 if (status != 0)
51 fprintf (stderr, _("Try `%s --help' for more information.\n"),
52 program_name);
53 else
55 printf (_("Usage: %s [OPTION] NAME...\n"), program_name);
56 fputs (_("\
57 Create named pipes (FIFOs) with the given NAMEs.\n\
58 \n\
59 "), stdout);
60 fputs (_("\
61 Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.\n\
62 "), stdout);
63 fputs (_("\
64 -m, --mode=MODE set permission mode (as in chmod), not a=rw - umask\n\
65 "), stdout);
66 fputs (HELP_OPTION_DESCRIPTION, stdout);
67 fputs (VERSION_OPTION_DESCRIPTION, stdout);
68 printf (_("\nReport bugs to <%s>.\n"), PACKAGE_BUGREPORT);
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 *specified_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 atexit (close_stdout);
90 specified_mode = NULL;
92 #ifndef S_ISFIFO
93 error (4, 0, _("fifo files not supported"));
94 #else
95 while ((optc = getopt_long (argc, argv, "m:", longopts, NULL)) != -1)
97 switch (optc)
99 case 0:
100 break;
101 case 'm':
102 specified_mode = optarg;
103 break;
104 case_GETOPT_HELP_CHAR;
105 case_GETOPT_VERSION_CHAR (PROGRAM_NAME, AUTHORS);
106 default:
107 usage (1);
111 if (optind == argc)
113 error (0, 0, _("too few arguments"));
114 usage (1);
117 newmode = (S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IWGRP | S_IROTH | S_IWOTH);
118 if (specified_mode)
120 newmode &= ~ umask (0);
121 change = mode_compile (specified_mode, 0);
122 if (change == MODE_INVALID)
123 error (1, 0, _("invalid mode"));
124 else if (change == MODE_MEMORY_EXHAUSTED)
125 xalloc_die ();
126 newmode = mode_adjust (newmode, change);
129 for (; optind < argc; ++optind)
131 int fail = mkfifo (argv[optind], newmode);
132 if (fail)
133 error (0, errno, _("cannot create fifo %s"), quote (argv[optind]));
135 /* If the containing directory happens to have a default ACL, chmod
136 ensures the file mode permission bits are still set as desired. */
138 if (fail == 0 && specified_mode)
140 fail = chmod (argv[optind], newmode);
141 if (fail)
142 error (0, errno, _("cannot set permissions of fifo %s"),
143 quote (argv[optind]));
146 if (fail)
147 errors = 1;
150 exit (errors);
151 #endif