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 .TP
  22 .BR \-Q , " \-\-queue"
  23 Create a message queue.
  24 .TP
  25 .BR \-S , " \-\-semaphore " \fInumber
  26 Create a semaphore array with
  27 .I number
  28 of elements.
  29 .PP
  30 Other options are:
  31 .TP
  32 .BR \-p , " \-\-mode " \fImode
  33 Access permissions for the resource.  Default is 0644.
  34 .TP
  35 .BR \-V , " \-\-version"
  36 Display version information and exit.
  37 .TP
  38 .BR \-h , " \-\-help"
  39 Display help text and exit.
  40 .PP
  41 .SH "SEE ALSO"
  42 .BR ipcrm (1),
  43 .BR ipcs (1)
  44 .SH "AUTHOR"
  45 .MT hayden.james@gmail.com
  46 Hayden A. James
  47 .ME
  48 .SH "AVAILABILITY"
  49 The ipcmk command is part of the util-linux package and is available from
  50 .UR ftp://\:ftp.kernel.org\:/pub\:/linux\:/utils\:/util-linux/
  51 Linux Kernel Archive
  52 .UE .