creating a block file for file-like object

[Lawrence D'Oliveiro]

In message
<e424a5ea-0a62-4ca1-842b-cb2cc2cea585 at n33g2000pri.googlegroups.com>, Iain
wrote:

> Can someone give me some pointers as to how I might create some sort
> of blocking device file or named pipe ...

    mkfifo /path/to/named/pipe