diff --git a/.local/bin/update-pipe b/.local/bin/update-pipe
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..2bbaab3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.local/bin/update-pipe
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+pipe="$1"
+update="$2"
+
+PIPE_FILE="/tmp/pipe-$pipe"
+[ -p "$PIPE_FILE" ] || mkfifo "$PIPE_FILE"
+$update >"$PIPE_FILE"