sys-utils/ipcmk.1

   1 .\" Copyright 2008 Hayden A. James (hayden.james@gmail.com)
   2 .\" May be distributed under the GNU General Public License
   3 .TH IPCMK "1" "July 2014" "util-linux" "User Commands"
   4 .SH NAME
   5 ipcmk \- make various IPC resources
   6 .SH SYNOPSIS
   7 .B ipcmk
   8 [options]
   9 .SH DESCRIPTION
  10 .B ipcmk
  11 allows you to create shared memory segments, message queues,
  12 and semaphore arrays.
  13 .SH OPTIONS
  14 .TP
  15 Resources can be specified with these options:
  16 .TP
  17 .BR \-M , " \-\-shmem " \fIsize
  18 Create a shared memory segment of
  19 .I size
  20 bytes.
  21 The \fIsize\fR argument may be followed by the multiplicative suffixes KiB (=1024), MiB (=1024*1024), and so on for GiB, etc. (the
  22 "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.
  23 .TP
  24 .BR \-Q , " \-\-queue"
  25 Create a message queue.
  26 .TP
  27 .BR \-S , " \-\-semaphore " \fInumber
  28 Create a semaphore array with
  29 .I number
  30 of elements.
  31 .PP
  32 Other options are:
  33 .TP
  34 .BR \-p , " \-\-mode " \fImode
  35 Access permissions for the resource.  Default is 0644.
  36 .TP
  37 .BR \-V , " \-\-version"
  38 Display version information and exit.
  39 .TP
  40 .BR \-h , " \-\-help"
  41 Display help text and exit.
  42 .PP
  43 .SH SEE ALSO
  44 .BR ipcrm (1),
  45 .BR ipcs (1)
  46 .SH AUTHORS
  47 .MT hayden.james@gmail.com
  48 Hayden A. James
  49 .ME
  50 .SH AVAILABILITY
  51 The ipcmk command is part of the util-linux package and is available from
  52 .UR https://\:www.kernel.org\:/pub\:/linux\:/utils\:/util-linux/
  53 Linux Kernel Archive
  54 .UE .