IPCMK(1) User Commands IPCMK(1)
NAME
ipcmk - make various IPC resources
SYNOPSIS
ipcmk [options]
DESCRIPTION
ipcmk allows you to create 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.
SEE ALSO
ipcrm(1), ipcs(1)
AUTHOR
Hayden A. James <hayden.james@gmail.com>
AVAILABILITY
The ipcmk command is part of the util-linux package and is available
from Linux Kernel Archive <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-
linux/>.
util-linux July 2014 IPCMK(1)