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" "21 March 2008" "ipcmk" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
   4 .SH "NAME"
   5 ipcmk \- create various ipc resources
   6 .SH "SYNOPSIS"
   7 .B ipcmk [ \-M \fIsize\fR ] [ \-p \fImode\fR ]
   8 .br
   9 .B ipcmk [ \-S \fInsems\fR ] [ \-p \fImode\fR ]
  10 .br
  11 .B ipcmk [ \-Q ] [ \-p \fImode\fR ]
  12 .SH "DESCRIPTION"
  13 .B ipcmk
  14 allows you to create shared memory segments, message queues or semaphore arrays.
  15 .SH "OPTIONS"
  16 Resources may be specified as follows:
  17 .TP
  18 .BI \-M " size"
  19 shared memory segment of size \fB\fIsize\fR\fR
  20 .TP
  21 .BI \-S " nsems"
  22 semaphore array with \fB\fInsems\fR\fR elements
  23 .TP
  24 .BI \-Q
  25 message queue
  26 .TP
  27 Other options
  28 .TP
  29 .BI \-p " mode"
  30 permission for the resource (default is 0644)
  31 .PP
  32 .SH "SEE ALSO"
  33 .BR ipcrm (1),
  34 .BR ipcs (1)
  35 .SH "AUTHOR"
  36 Hayden A. James (hayden.james@gmail.com)
  37 .SH "AVAILABILITY"
  38 The ipcmk command is part of the util\-linux\-ng package and is available from
  39 ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util\-linux\-ng/.