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| 295b3979 | 1 | //po4a: entry man manual |
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2 | //// |
| 3 | Copyright 2008 Hayden A. James (hayden.james@gmail.com) | |
| 4 | May be distributed under the GNU General Public License | |
| 5 | //// | |
| 6 | = ipcmk(1) | |
| 7 | :doctype: manpage | |
| f42ed819 | 8 | :man manual: User Commands |
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9 | :man source: util-linux {release-version} |
| 10 | :page-layout: base | |
| 11 | :command: ipcmk | |
| 12 | ||
| 13 | == NAME | |
| 14 | ||
| 15 | ipcmk - make various IPC resources | |
| 16 | ||
| 17 | == SYNOPSIS | |
| 18 | ||
| 4d297435 | 19 | *ipcmk* [options] |
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20 | |
| 21 | == DESCRIPTION | |
| 22 | ||
| 23 | *ipcmk* allows you to create System V inter-process communication (IPC) objects: shared memory segments, message queues, and semaphore arrays. | |
| 24 | ||
| 25 | == OPTIONS | |
| 26 | ||
| 27 | Resources can be specified with these options: | |
| 28 | ||
| 29 | *-M*, *--shmem* _size_:: | |
| 4eab78d3 | 30 | 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. |
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31 | |
| 32 | *-Q*, *--queue*:: | |
| 4eab78d3 | 33 | Create a message queue. |
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34 | |
| 35 | *-S*, *--semaphore* _number_:: | |
| 4eab78d3 | 36 | Create a semaphore array with _number_ of elements. |
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37 | |
| 38 | Other options are: | |
| 39 | ||
| 40 | *-p*, *--mode* _mode_:: | |
| 4eab78d3 | 41 | Access permissions for the resource. Default is 0644. |
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| 2b2d3172 | 43 | include::man-common/help-version.adoc[] |
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44 | |
| 45 | == AUTHORS | |
| 46 | ||
| 47 | mailto:hayden.james@gmail.com[Hayden A. James] | |
| 48 | ||
| 49 | == SEE ALSO | |
| 50 | ||
| 51 | *ipcrm*(1), | |
| 52 | *ipcs*(1), | |
| 53 | *sysvipc*(7) | |
| 54 | ||
| 625e9c61 | 55 | include::man-common/bugreports.adoc[] |
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| 625e9c61 | 57 | include::man-common/footer.adoc[] |
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58 | |
| 59 | ifdef::translation[] | |
| 625e9c61 | 60 | include::man-common/translation.adoc[] |
| 6d5b6948 | 61 | endif::[] |