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6 lsipc - show information on IPC facilities currently employed in the
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10 lsipc [options]
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13 lsipc shows information on the inter-process communication facilities
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17 -i, --id id
18 Show full details on just the one resource element identified by
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20 resource options: -m, -q or -s. It is possible to override the
21 default output format for this option with the --list, --raw,
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24 -g, --global
25 Show system-wide usage and limits of IPC resources. This option
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30 Display help text and exit.
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32 -V, --version
33 Display version information and exit.
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36 -m, --shmems
37 Write information about active shared memory segments.
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40 Write information about active message queues.
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43 Write information about active semaphore sets.
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46 -c, --creator
47 Show creator and owner.
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50 Output data in the format of NAME=VALUE.
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56 Use the list output format. This is the default, except when
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60 Display each piece of information on a separate line.
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69 Specify which output columns to print. Use --help to get a list
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73 Print size in bytes rather than in human readable format.
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76 Raw output (no columnation).
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79 Write time information. The time of the last control operation
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87 Display dates in short, full or iso format. The default is
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91 -P, --numeric-perms
92 Print numeric permissions in PERMS column.
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103 ipcmk(1), ipcrm(1), msgrcv(2), msgsnd(2), semget(2), semop(2),
104 shmat(2), shmdt(2), shmget(2)
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107 The lsipc utility is inspired by the ipcs utility.
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110 Ondrej Oprala ⟨ooprala@redhat.com⟩
111 Karel Zak ⟨kzak@redhat.com⟩
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