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.
-V, --version
Display version information and exit.
-h, --help
Display help text 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/karelzak/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 2.37.2 2021-06-02 IPCMK(1)
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