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 System V inter-process communication (IPC) objects:
  12 shared memory segments, message queues,
  13 and semaphore arrays.
  14 .SH OPTIONS
  15 .TP
  16 Resources can be specified with these options:
  17 .TP
  18 .BR \-M , " \-\-shmem " \fIsize
  19 Create a shared memory segment of
  20 .I size
  21 bytes.
  22 The \fIsize\fR argument may be followed by the multiplicative suffixes KiB (=1024), MiB (=1024*1024), and so on for GiB, etc. (the
  23 "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.
  24 .TP
  25 .BR \-Q , " \-\-queue"
  26 Create a message queue.
  27 .TP
  28 .BR \-S , " \-\-semaphore " \fInumber
  29 Create a semaphore array with
  30 .I number
  31 of elements.
  32 .PP
  33 Other options are:
  34 .TP
  35 .BR \-p , " \-\-mode " \fImode
  36 Access permissions for the resource.  Default is 0644.
  37 .TP
  38 .BR \-V , " \-\-version"
  39 Display version information and exit.
  40 .TP
  41 .BR \-h , " \-\-help"
  42 Display help text and exit.
  43 .PP
  44 .SH AUTHORS
  45 .MT hayden.james@gmail.com
  46 Hayden A. James
  47 .ME
  48 .SH SEE ALSO
  49 .BR ipcrm (1),
  50 .BR ipcs (1),
  51 .BR sysvipc (7)
  52 .SH AVAILABILITY
  53 The ipcmk command is part of the util-linux package and is available from
  54 .UR https://\:www.kernel.org\:/pub\:/linux\:/utils\:/util-linux/
  55 Linux Kernel Archive
  56 .UE .