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30 .\" @(#)mkfifo.2 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
44 .Fn mkfifo "const char *path" "mode_t mode"
48 .Fn mkfifoat "int fd" "const char *path" "mode_t mode"
51 creates a new fifo file with name
53 The access permissions are
58 of the calling process.
66 In that case, it is looked up from a directory whose file
67 descriptor was passed as
69 Search permission is required on this directory.
70 .\" (These alternatives await a decision about the semantics of O_SEARCH)
71 .\" Search permission is required on this directory
74 .\" was opened with the
78 .\" This file descriptor must have been opened with the
84 in order to specify the current directory.
86 The fifo's owner ID is set to the process's effective user ID.
87 The fifo's group ID is set to that of the parent directory in
90 .Rv -std mkfifo mkfifoat
95 will fail and no fifo will be created if:
98 Search permission is denied for a component of the path prefix.
100 The directory in which the entry for the new fifo
101 is being placed cannot be extended because the
102 user's quota of disk blocks on the file system
103 containing the directory has been exhausted.
104 Or, the user's quota of inodes on the file system on
105 which the fifo is being created has been exhausted.
107 The named file exists.
110 points outside the process's allocated address space.
114 error occurred while making the directory entry or allocating the inode.
117 error occurred while reading from or writing to the file system.
119 Too many symbolic links were encountered in translating the pathname.
120 .It Bq Er ENAMETOOLONG
121 A component of a pathname exceeded
123 characters, or an entire path name exceeded
127 A component of the path prefix does not exist.
129 The directory in which the entry for the new fifo is being placed
130 cannot be extended because there is no space left on the file
131 system containing the directory.
132 Or, there are no free inodes on the file system on which the
133 fifo is being created.
135 A component of the path prefix is not a directory.
137 The kernel has not been configured to support fifo's.
139 The named file resides on a read-only file system.
148 does not specify an absolute path and
152 nor a valid file descriptor open for reading or searching.
155 is not an absolute path and
157 is a file descriptor associated with a non-directory file.
166 function call conforms to