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std::mkfifo

creates a FIFO

Parameters

pathname
the path of the FIFO to create
mode (optional)
the mode of the FIFO

Results

None

Description

The optional mode parameter is a string of the form "rwxrwxrwx". The default value is "rw-r--r--".

This function needs I/O-access rights.

Example

mkfifo! "test_fifo" "rw-rw----"

Topic

POSIX

See also

std::mkdir creates a directory
(defined in runtime_templates/posix.template)