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| 3 | .\" Copyright (c) 1995 Michael Chastain (mec@shell.portal.com), 15 April 1995. | |
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| 26 | .TH IPC 2 1995-04-15 "Linux 1.2.4" "Linux Programmer's Manual" | |
| 27 | .SH NAME | |
| 28 | ipc \- System V IPC system calls | |
| 29 | .SH SYNOPSIS | |
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30 | .nf |
| 31 | .BI "int ipc(unsigned int " call ", int " first ", int " second \ | |
| c13182ef | 32 | ", int " third , |
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33 | .BI " void *" ptr ", long " fifth ); |
| 34 | .fi | |
| fea681da | 35 | .SH DESCRIPTION |
| 63aa9df0 | 36 | .BR ipc () |
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37 | is a common kernel entry point for the System V IPC calls |
| 38 | for messages, semaphores, and shared memory. | |
| 39 | .I call | |
| 40 | determines which IPC function to invoke; | |
| 41 | the other arguments are passed through to the appropriate call. | |
| 42 | .PP | |
| 43 | User programs should call the appropriate functions by their usual names. | |
| 44 | Only standard library implementors and kernel hackers need to know about | |
| 63aa9df0 | 45 | .BR ipc (). |
| fea681da | 46 | .SH "CONFORMING TO" |
| 63aa9df0 | 47 | \fBipc\fP() is Linux specific, and should not be used in programs |
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48 | intended to be portable. |
| 49 | .SH "SEE ALSO" | |
| 50 | .BR msgctl (2), | |
| 51 | .BR msgget (2), | |
| 52 | .BR msgrcv (2), | |
| 53 | .BR msgsnd (2), | |
| 54 | .BR semctl (2), | |
| 55 | .BR semget (2), | |
| 56 | .BR semop (2), | |
| 57 | .BR shmat (2), | |
| 58 | .BR shmctl (2), | |
| 59 | .BR shmdt (2), | |
| 60 | .BR shmget (2) |