ipcmk(1)

NAME

   ipcmk - make various IPC resources

SYNOPSIS

   ipcmk [options]

DESCRIPTION

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

OPTIONS

   Resources can be specified with these options:

   -M, --shmem size
          Create a shared memory segment of size bytes.  The size argument
          may  be followed by the multiplicative suffixes KiB (=1024), MiB
          (=1024*1024), and so on for GiB, etc.  (the  "iB"  is  optional,
          e.g.,  "K"  has  the  same  meaning as "KiB") or the suffixes KB
          (=1000), MB (=1000*1000), and so on for GB, etc.

   -Q, --queue
          Create a message queue.

   -S, --semaphore number
          Create a semaphore array with number of elements.

   Other options are:

   -p, --mode mode
          Access permissions for the resource.  Default is 0644.

   -V, --version
          Display version information and exit.

   -h, --help
          Display help text and exit.

SEE ALSO

   ipcrm(1), ipcs(1)

AUTHOR

   Hayden A. James hayden.james@gmail.com

AVAILABILITY

   The ipcmk command is part of the util-linux package  and  is  available
   from  Linux  Kernel Archive ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-
   linux/.

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