In this example, the named pipe, /tmp/named.pipe, is created by specifying an absolute path name:

Command:                                            
cd 'USER1'                                          
>>> CWD 'USER1'                                     
250 "USER1." is the working directory name prefix.  
Command:                                            
mkfifo /tmp/named.pipe                              
>>> XFIF /tmp/named.pipe                            
257 named pipe /tmp/named.pipe created              
Command: 

In this example, the named pipe, my named pipe, is created by specifying a relative path name:

cd /tmp                                                 
>>> CWD /tmp                                            
250 HFS directory /tmp is the current working directory.
Command: 
mkfifo my named pipe      
>>> XFIF my named pipe                                
257 named pipe /tmp/my named pipe created                                      
Command: 

This directory listing shows the named pipes that are created by these examples.

Command:                                                                 
dir /tmp/*pipe                                                           
>>> PORT 9,42,105,36,4,29                                                
200 Port request OK.                                                     
>>> LIST /tmp/*pipe                                                      
125 List started OK                                                      
prwxr-x---   1 OMVSKERN OMVSGRP        0 Jun 10 02:28 /tmp/my named pipe 
prwxr-x---   1 OMVSKERN OMVSGRP        0 Jun 10 02:33 /tmp/named.pipe    
250 List completed successfully.                                         
Command: