| .\" Copyright 2008 Hayden A. James (hayden.james@gmail.com) |
| .\" May be distributed under the GNU General Public License |
| .TH "IPCMK" "1" "21 March 2008" "ipcmk" "Linux Programmer's Manual" |
| .SH "NAME" |
| ipcmk \- create various ipc resources |
| .SH "SYNOPSIS" |
| .B ipcmk \-h |
| .br |
| .B ipcmk |
| .RB [ \-M |
| .IR size ] |
| .RB [ \-S |
| .IR nsems ] |
| .RB [ \-Q ] |
| .RB [ \-p |
| .IR mode ] |
| .SH "DESCRIPTION" |
| .B ipcmk |
| allows you to create shared memory segments, message queues or semaphore arrays. |
| .SH "OPTIONS" |
| .TP |
| Resources may be specified as follows: |
| .TP |
| .BI \-M " size" |
| shared memory segment of size |
| .I size |
| .TP |
| .BI \-S " nsems" |
| semaphore array with |
| .I nsems |
| elements |
| .TP |
| .BI \-Q |
| message queue |
| .TP |
| Other options |
| .TP |
| .BI \-p " mode" |
| permission for the resource (default is 0644) |
| .TP |
| .B \-h |
| display a short help message and exit |
| .PP |
| .SH "SEE ALSO" |
| .BR ipcrm (1), |
| .BR ipcs (1) |
| .SH "AUTHOR" |
| Hayden A. James (hayden.james@gmail.com) |
| .SH "AVAILABILITY" |
| The ipcmk command is part of the util\-linux\-ng package and is available from |
| ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util\-linux\-ng/. |
