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MKFIFOAT(3) Linux Programmer's Manual MKFIFOAT(3)
mkfifoat - make a FIFO (named pipe) relative to a directory file descriptor
#define _ATFILE_SOURCE
#include <fcntl.h> /* Definition of AT_* constants */
#include <sys/stat.h>
int mkfifoat(int dirfd, const char *pathname, mode_t mode);
The mkfifoat() system call operates in exactly the same way as mkfifo(3),
except for the differences described in this manual page.
If the pathname given in pathname is relative, then it is interpreted relative
to the directory referred to by the file descriptor dirfd (rather than
relative to the current working directory of the calling process, as is done
by mkfifo(3) for a relative pathname).
If pathname is relative and dirfd is the special value AT_FDCWD, then pathname
is interpreted relative to the current working directory of the calling
process (like mkfifo(3)).
If pathname is absolute, then dirfd is ignored.
On success, mkfifoat() returns 0. On error, -1 is returned and errno is set
to indicate the error.
The same errors that occur for mkfifo(3) can also occur for mkfifoat(). The
following additional errors can occur for mkfifoat():
EBADF dirfd is not a valid file descriptor.
ENOTDIR
pathname is a relative path and dirfd is a file descriptor referring to
a file other than a directory.
mkfifoat() was added to glibc in version 2.4. It is implemented using
mknod(2), available on Linux since kernel 2.6.16.
POSIX.1-2008.
See openat(2) for an explanation of the need for mkfifoat().
openat(2), mkfifo(3), path_resolution(7)
This page is part of release 3.23 of the Linux man-pages project. A
description of the project, and information about reporting bugs, can be found
at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.
Linux 2008-08-21 MKFIFOAT(3)