MKFIFO(1) General Commands Manual MKFIFO(1) NAME mkfifo - Create a FIFO with the given name. SYNOPSIS mkfifo [OPTION]... NAME... DESCRIPTION Create a FIFO with the given name. OPTIONS -m, --mode file permissions for the fifo -Z set the SELinux security context to default type --context[=] like -Z, or if CTX is specified then set the SELinux or SMACK security context to CTX -h, --help Print help -V, --version Print version VERSION v(uutils coreutils) 0.11.0 2026-09-01 MKFIFO(1)