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| author | Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org> | 2023-07-17 22:43:18 +0200 |
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| committer | Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org> | 2025-03-30 12:31:37 +0200 |
| commit | a82917ada0509758ac6d717402858536af3a032d (patch) | |
| tree | ce8bc810a6c9f2f0ef5c7641392613d6b8a2ed0e /man/man3/mkfifo.3 | |
| parent | c47826785d91e9cd8c2957d789e50a50e36833e0 (diff) | |
| download | man-pages-a82917ada0509758ac6d717402858536af3a032d.tar.gz | |
man/: srcfix (\fX => \f[X])
While doing this global change, fix other minor issues found nearby.
Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'man/man3/mkfifo.3')
| -rw-r--r-- | man/man3/mkfifo.3 | 44 |
1 files changed, 30 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/man/man3/mkfifo.3 b/man/man3/mkfifo.3 index fb2e1ea13b..f68b403edb 100644 --- a/man/man3/mkfifo.3 +++ b/man/man3/mkfifo.3 @@ -39,11 +39,16 @@ Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see .fi .SH DESCRIPTION .BR mkfifo () -makes a FIFO special file with name \fIpathname\fP. -\fImode\fP specifies the FIFO's permissions. +makes a FIFO special file with name +.IR pathname . +.I mode +specifies the FIFO's permissions. It is modified by the -process's \fBumask\fP in the usual way: the permissions of the created -file are \fB(\fP\fImode\fP\fB & \[ti]umask)\fP. +process's +.B umask +in the usual way: +the permissions of the created file are +.IR "(mode\ &\ \[ti]umask)" . .P A FIFO special file is similar to a pipe, except that it is created in a different way. @@ -112,8 +117,9 @@ is set to indicate the error. .SH ERRORS .TP .B EACCES -One of the directories in \fIpathname\fP did not allow search -(execute) permission. +One of the directories in +.I pathname +did not allow search (execute) permission. .TP .B EBADF .RB ( mkfifoat ()) @@ -129,29 +135,38 @@ The user's quota of disk blocks or inodes on the filesystem has been exhausted. .TP .B EEXIST -\fIpathname\fP already exists. +.I pathname +already exists. This includes the case where .I pathname is a symbolic link, dangling or not. .TP .B ENAMETOOLONG -Either the total length of \fIpathname\fP is greater than -\fBPATH_MAX\fP, or an individual filename component has a length -greater than \fBNAME_MAX\fP. +Either the total length of +.I pathname +is greater than +.BR PATH_MAX , +or an individual filename component has a length +greater than +.BR NAME_MAX . In the GNU system, there is no imposed limit on overall filename length, but some filesystems may place limits on the length of a component. .TP .B ENOENT -A directory component in \fIpathname\fP does not exist or is a +A directory component in +.I pathname +does not exist or is a dangling symbolic link. .TP .B ENOSPC The directory or filesystem has no room for the new file. .TP .B ENOTDIR -A component used as a directory in \fIpathname\fP is not, in fact, a -directory. +A component used as a directory in +.I pathname +is not, in fact, +a directory. .TP .B ENOTDIR .RB ( mkfifoat ()) @@ -161,7 +176,8 @@ is a relative pathname and is a file descriptor referring to a file other than a directory. .TP .B EROFS -\fIpathname\fP refers to a read-only filesystem. +.I pathname +refers to a read-only filesystem. .SH ATTRIBUTES For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see .BR attributes (7). |