From: Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) Date: Mon, 25 May 2020 12:59:11 +0000 (+0200) Subject: Man pages: ipcmk.1, ipcs.1, lsipc.1: explicitly mention "System V" X-Git-Tag: v2.36-rc1~45 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=79a0cc9d028d563f3012ed83d87608e123541e9e;p=thirdparty%2Futil-linux.git Man pages: ipcmk.1, ipcs.1, lsipc.1: explicitly mention "System V" Explicitly mention "System V" in the description, so that readers do not get confused with the POSIX IPC mechanisms. Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) --- diff --git a/sys-utils/ipcmk.1 b/sys-utils/ipcmk.1 index 6de6d819db..c402220141 100644 --- a/sys-utils/ipcmk.1 +++ b/sys-utils/ipcmk.1 @@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ ipcmk \- make various IPC resources [options] .SH DESCRIPTION .B ipcmk -allows you to create shared memory segments, message queues, +allows you to create System V inter-process communication (IPC) objects: +shared memory segments, message queues, and semaphore arrays. .SH OPTIONS .TP diff --git a/sys-utils/ipcs.1 b/sys-utils/ipcs.1 index e0662302de..d259a7df6f 100644 --- a/sys-utils/ipcs.1 +++ b/sys-utils/ipcs.1 @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ ipcs \- show information on IPC facilities [options] .SH DESCRIPTION .B ipcs -shows information on inter-process communication facilities. +shows information on System V inter-process communication facilities. By default it shows information about all three resources: shared memory segments, message queues, and semaphore arrays. .SH OPTIONS diff --git a/sys-utils/lsipc.1 b/sys-utils/lsipc.1 index e5ae55bbd5..b58b4cdf47 100644 --- a/sys-utils/lsipc.1 +++ b/sys-utils/lsipc.1 @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ lsipc \- show information on IPC facilities currently employed in the system [options] .SH DESCRIPTION .B lsipc -shows information on the inter-process communication facilities +shows information on the System V inter-process communication facilities for which the calling process has read access. .SH OPTIONS .TP