Name

ipcmk — create various ipc resources

Synopsis

ipcmk <resource options> [ additional options ]

DESCRIPTION

ipcmk allows you to create shared memory segments, message queues or semaphore arrays.

RESOURCE OPTIONS

Resources may be specified as follows:
−M, −−shmem [size]

Shared memory segment of size bytes.

−S, −−semaphore [number]

Semaphore array with number of elements.

−Q, −−queue

Message queue.

ADDITIONAL OPTIONS

−p, −−mode [mode]

Access permissions for the resource. Default is 0644.

−h, −−help

Display help text and exit.

−V, −−version

Display version information and exit.

SEE ALSO

ipcrm(1), ipcs(1)

AUTHOR

Hayden A. James

AVAILABILITY

The ipcmk command is part of the util-linux package and is available from Linux Kernel Archive


  Copyright 2008 Hayden A. James (hayden.jamesgmail.com)
May be distributed under the GNU General Public License