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The mkfifo() function shall create a new FIFO special file named by the pathname pointed to by path. The file permission bits of the new FIFO shall be initialized from mode. The file permission bits of the mode argument shall be modified by the process' file creation mask.
When bits in mode other than the file permission bits are set, the effect is implementation-defined.
If path names a symbolic link, mkfifo() shall fail and set errno to [EEXIST].
The FIFO's user ID shall be set to the process' effective user ID. The FIFO's group ID shall be set to the group ID of the parent directory or to the effective group ID of the process. Implementations shall provide a way to initialize the FIFO's group ID to the group ID of the parent directory. Implementations may, but need not, provide an implementation-defined way to initialize the FIFO's group ID to the effective group ID of the calling process.
Upon successful completion, mkfifo() shall mark for update the st_atime, st_ctime, and st_mtimefields of the file. Also, the st_ctime and st_mtime fields of the directory that contains the new entry shall be marked for update.