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⚡ TLDR: IPCMK (tldr-pages)

Create IPC (Inter-process Communication) resources.

  • Create a shared memory segment
    ipcmk {{-M|--shmem}} {{segment_size_in_bytes}}
  • Create a semaphore
    ipcmk {{-S|--semaphore}} {{element_size}}
  • Create a message queue
    ipcmk {{-Q|--queue}}
  • Create a shared memory segment with specific permissions (default is 0644)
    ipcmk {{-M|--shmem}} {{segment_size_in_bytes}} {{octal_permissions}}
IPCMK(1)                                    User Commands                                   IPCMK(1)

NAME
       ipcmk - make various IPC resources

SYNOPSIS
       ipcmk [options]

DESCRIPTION
       ipcmk allows you to create System V inter-process communication (IPC) objects: shared memory
       segments, message queues, and semaphore arrays.

OPTIONS
       Resources can be specified with these options:

       -M, --shmem size
           Create a shared memory segment of size bytes. The size argument may be followed by the
           multiplicative suffixes KiB (=1024), MiB (=1024*1024), and so on for GiB, etc. (the "iB"
           is optional, e.g., "K" has the same meaning as "KiB") or the suffixes KB (=1000), MB
           (=1000*1000), and so on for GB, etc.

       -Q, --queue
           Create a message queue.

       -S, --semaphore number
           Create a semaphore array with number of elements.

       Other options are:

       -p, --mode mode
           Access permissions for the resource. Default is 0644.

       -h, --help
           Display help text and exit.

       -V, --version
           Print version and exit.

AUTHORS
       Hayden A. James <hayden.james AT gmail.com>

SEE ALSO
       ipcrm(1), ipcs(1), sysvipc(7)

REPORTING BUGS
       For bug reports, use the issue tracker at https://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/issues.

AVAILABILITY
       The ipcmk command is part of the util-linux package which can be downloaded from Linux Kernel
       Archive <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/>.

util-linux 2.39.3                            2023-10-23                                     IPCMK(1)

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