RTEMS 4.6.1 On-Line Library

Files and Directories Manager mkfifo - Makes a FIFO special file

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4.4.17: mkfifo - Makes a FIFO special file

CALLING SEQUENCE:

#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>


int mkfifo(
  const char *path,
  mode_t      mode
);

STATUS CODES:

EACCES: Search permission is denied for a directory in a file's path prefix
EEXIST: The named file already exists.
ENOENT: A file or directory does not exist.
ENOSPC: No space left on disk.
ENOTDIR: A component of the specified path was not a directory when a directory was expected.
EROFS: Read-only file system.

DESCRIPTION:

The mkfifo() function creates a new FIFO special file named path. The permission bits (modified by the file creation mask) are set from mode. The owner and group IDs for the FIFO are set from the efective user ID and group ID.

NOTES:

NONE

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