MPE/iX Shell and Utilities Reference Manual, Vol 1

mkfifo(1) MPE/iX Shell and Utilities mkfifo(1)
Message: Octal mode may contain only digits [0-7] in numstring
Cause: When using the octal mode to indicate new access permissions, you specified a
string numstring which contained a character other than the digits 0 to 7.
Action: Make sure that all mode values in octal mode are valid octal numbers, contain-
ing only the digits 0 through 7.
Message: Unknown option "–option"
Cause: You specified an option that is not valid for mkfifo.
Action: Check the DESCRIPTION section of this man page for a list of valid mkfifo
options.
Message: Unknown or missing operator in symbolic mode "mode-
string"
Cause: When using the symbolic mode to indicate new access permissions, you speci-
fied a string modestring which had either a missing or unrecognized operator.
Action: Make sure that all mode values in symbolic mode contain one of the following
operators: +, –,or=.
PORTABILITY
POSIX.2. x/OPEN
Portability Guide 4.0. All UNIX systems.
The –p option is an extension to the POSIX standard.
MPE/iX NOTES
For information on how the current
MPE/iX implementation may affect the operation of this
utility, see Appendix A, MPE/iX Implementation Considerations.
SEE ALSO
chmod(1), create(1), mkdir(1), mknod(1), umask(1)
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