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+++ b/usr/src/man/man1m/mkfifo.1m
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
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-.TH mkfifo 1M "11 Aug 2009" "SunOS 5.11" "System Administration Commands"
+.TH MKFIFO 1M "Aug 11, 2009"
.SH NAME
mkfifo \- make FIFO special file
.SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -56,12 +56,10 @@ of the created FIFO is \fBa=rw\fR minus the bits set in \fBumask\fR(1).
The following option is supported for \fB/usr/bin/mkfifo\fR:
.sp
.ne 2
-.mk
.na
\fB\fB-m\fR \fImode\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 11n
-.rt
Set the file permission bits of the newly-created \fBFIFO\fR to the specified
\fImode\fR value. The \fImode\fR option-argument will be the same as the
\fImode\fR operand defined for the \fBchmod\fR(1) command. In
@@ -75,7 +73,6 @@ will be interpreted relative to an assumed initial mode of \fBa=rw\fR.
The following option is supported for \fBksh93\fR:
.sp
.ne 2
-.mk
.na
\fB\fB-m\fR \fImode\fR\fR
.ad
@@ -84,7 +81,6 @@ The following option is supported for \fBksh93\fR:
\fB\fB--mode=\fR\fImode\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 15n
-.rt
Set the mode of the created FIFO to \fImode\fR. The \fImode\fR option-argument
is a symbolic or octal mode as in \fBchmod\fR(1). Relative modes assume an
initial mode of \fBa=rw\fR.
@@ -96,12 +92,10 @@ initial mode of \fBa=rw\fR.
The following operand is supported:
.sp
.ne 2
-.mk
.na
\fB\fIfile\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 8n
-.rt
A path name of the \fBFIFO\fR special file to be created.
.RE
@@ -122,23 +116,19 @@ that affect the execution of \fBmkfifo\fR: \fBLANG\fR, \fBLC_ALL\fR,
The following exit values are returned:
.sp
.ne 2
-.mk
.na
\fB\fB0\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 6n
-.rt
All the specified \fBFIFO\fR special files were created successfully.
.RE
.sp
.ne 2
-.mk
.na
\fB\fB>0\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 6n
-.rt
An error occurred.
.RE
@@ -150,13 +140,12 @@ See \fBattributes\fR(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
.sp
.TS
-tab() box;
-cw(2.75i) |cw(2.75i)
-lw(2.75i) |lw(2.75i)
-.
-ATTRIBUTE TYPEATTRIBUTE VALUE
+box;
+c | c
+l | l .
+ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE VALUE
_
-Interface StabilityStandard
+Interface Stability Standard
.TE
.SH SEE ALSO