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" "September 2011" "util-linux" "User Commands"
   4 .SH "NAME"
   5 ipcmk \- create various ipc resources
   6 .SH "SYNOPSIS"
   7 .B ipcmk
   8 <resource options>
   9 [additional options]
  10 .SH "DESCRIPTION"
  11 .B ipcmk
  12 allows you to create shared memory segments, message queues or semaphore arrays.
  13 .SH "RESOURCE OPTIONS"
  14 .TP
  15 Resources may be specified as follows:
  16 .TP
  17 \fB\-M\fR, \fB\-\-shmem\fR [\fIsize\fR]
  18 Shared memory segment of
  19 .I size
  20 bytes.
  21 .TP
  22 \fB\-S\fR, \fB\-\-semaphore\fR [\fInumber\fR]
  23 Semaphore array with
  24 .I number
  25 of elements.
  26 .TP
  27 \fB\-Q\fR, \fB\-\-queue\fR
  28 Message queue.
  29 .SH "ADDITIONAL OPTIONS"
  30 .TP
  31 \fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-mode\fR [\fImode\fR]
  32 Permission for the resource. Default is 0644.
  33 .TP
  34 \fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
  35 Display a short help message and exit.
  36 .TP
  37 \fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
  38 Output version information and exit.
  39 .PP
  40 .SH "SEE ALSO"
  41 .BR ipcrm (1),
  42 .BR ipcs (1)
  43 .SH "AUTHOR"
  44 .UR hayden.james\@gmail.com
  45 Hayden A. James
  46 .UE
  47 .SH "AVAILABILITY"
  48 The ipcmk command is part of the util-linux package and is available from
  49 .UR ftp://\:ftp.kernel.org\:/pub\:/linux\:/utils\:/util-linux/
  50 Linux Kernel Archive
  51 .UE .