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| 24 | .\" Modified Tue Oct 22 08:11:14 EDT 1996 by Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | |
| f3996ef7 | 25 | .TH IPC 2 2012-10-16 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" |
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26 | .SH NAME |
| 27 | ipc \- System V IPC system calls | |
| 28 | .SH SYNOPSIS | |
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29 | .nf |
| 30 | .BI "int ipc(unsigned int " call ", int " first ", int " second \ | |
| c13182ef | 31 | ", int " third , |
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32 | .BI " void *" ptr ", long " fifth ); |
| 33 | .fi | |
| fea681da | 34 | .SH DESCRIPTION |
| 63aa9df0 | 35 | .BR ipc () |
| efbfd7ec | 36 | is a common kernel entry point for the System\ V IPC calls |
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37 | for messages, semaphores, and shared memory. |
| 38 | .I call | |
| 39 | determines which IPC function to invoke; | |
| 40 | the other arguments are passed through to the appropriate call. | |
| 41 | .PP | |
| 42 | User programs should call the appropriate functions by their usual names. | |
| 43 | Only standard library implementors and kernel hackers need to know about | |
| 63aa9df0 | 44 | .BR ipc (). |
| 47297adb | 45 | .SH CONFORMING TO |
| 60a90ecd | 46 | .BR ipc () |
| 8382f16d | 47 | is Linux-specific, and should not be used in programs |
| fea681da | 48 | intended to be portable. |
| d3989680 | 49 | .SH NOTES |
| b8d5a242 | 50 | On some architectures\(emfor example x86-64 and ARM\(emthere is no |
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51 | .BR ipc () |
| 52 | system call; instead | |
| 53 | .BR msgctl (2), | |
| 54 | .BR semctl (2), | |
| 55 | .BR shmctl (2), | |
| 56 | and so on really are implemented as separate system calls. | |
| 47297adb | 57 | .SH SEE ALSO |
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58 | .BR msgctl (2), |
| 59 | .BR msgget (2), | |
| 60 | .BR msgrcv (2), | |
| 61 | .BR msgsnd (2), | |
| 62 | .BR semctl (2), | |
| 63 | .BR semget (2), | |
| 64 | .BR semop (2), | |
| 02a5cdc5 | 65 | .BR semtimedop (2), |
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66 | .BR shmat (2), |
| 67 | .BR shmctl (2), | |
| 68 | .BR shmdt (2), | |
| 69 | .BR shmget (2) |