IPCMK(1)                                            Linux Programmer's Manual                                           IPCMK(1)



NAME
       ipcmk - create various ipc resources

SYNOPSIS
       ipcmk -h
       ipcmk [-M size] [-S nsems] [-Q] [-p mode]

DESCRIPTION
       ipcmk allows you to create shared memory segments, message queues or semaphore arrays.

OPTIONS
       Resources may be specified as follows:

       -M size
              shared memory segment of size size

       -S nsems
              semaphore array with nsems elements

       -Q     message queue

       Other options

       -p mode
              permission for the resource (default is 0644)

       -h     display a short help message and exit

SEE ALSO
       ipcrm(1), ipcs(1)

AUTHOR
       Hayden A. James (hayden.jamesATgmail.com)

AVAILABILITY
       The    ipcmk    command    is    part   of   the   util-linux-ng   package   and   is   available   from   ftp://ftp.ker-
       nel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux-ng/.



ipcmk                                                     21 March 2008                                                 IPCMK(1)