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 "AUTHOR"
  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 .