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: err = mkfifo (name, mode)
: [err, msg] = mkfifo (name, mode)

Create a FIFO special file named name with file mode mode.

mode is interpreted as an octal number and is subject to umask processing. The final calculated mode is mode - umask.

If successful, err is 0 and msg is an empty string. Otherwise, err is nonzero and msg contains a system-dependent error message.

See also: pipe, umask.

Package: octave