1IPCMK(1) User Commands IPCMK(1)
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6 ipcmk - make various IPC resources
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9 ipcmk [options]
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12 ipcmk allows you to create shared memory segments, message queues, and
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16 Resources can be specified with these options:
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18 -M, --shmem size
19 Create a shared memory segment of size bytes. The size argument
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25 -Q, --queue
26 Create a message queue.
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29 Create a semaphore array with number of elements.
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33 -p, --mode mode
34 Access permissions for the resource. Default is 0644.
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37 Display version information and exit.
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39 -h, --help
40 Display help text and exit.
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46 Hayden A. James ⟨hayden.james@gmail.com⟩
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49 The ipcmk command is part of the util-linux package and is available
50 from Linux Kernel Archive ⟨https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-
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