os.mkfifo() - os

             
The method mkfifo() create a FIFO named path with numeric mode. The default mode is 0666 (octal).The current umask value is first masked out.


path -- This is the path, which needs to be created.
mode -- This is the mode of the named path to be given.

Syntax

os.mkfifo(path[, mode])

Example

# !/usr/bin/python

import os, sys

# Path to be created
path = "/tmp/hourly"

os.mkfifo( path, 0644 )

print "Path is created"

Output / Return Value

When we run above program, it produces following result:


Path is created

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