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diff --git a/sys-utils/ipcmk.1 b/sys-utils/ipcmk.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a194af4 --- /dev/null +++ b/sys-utils/ipcmk.1 @@ -0,0 +1,55 @@ +.\" Copyright 2008 Hayden A. James (hayden.james@gmail.com) +.\" May be distributed under the GNU General Public License +.TH IPCMK "1" "July 2014" "util-linux" "User Commands" +.SH NAME +ipcmk \- make various IPC resources +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B ipcmk +[options] +.SH DESCRIPTION +.B ipcmk +allows you to create System V inter-process communication (IPC) objects: +shared memory segments, message queues, +and semaphore arrays. +.SH OPTIONS +.TP +Resources can be specified with these options: +.TP +.BR \-M , " \-\-shmem " \fIsize +Create a shared memory segment of +.I size +bytes. +The \fIsize\fR 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. +.TP +.BR \-Q , " \-\-queue" +Create a message queue. +.TP +.BR \-S , " \-\-semaphore " \fInumber +Create a semaphore array with +.I number +of elements. +.PP +Other options are: +.TP +.BR \-p , " \-\-mode " \fImode +Access permissions for the resource. Default is 0644. +.TP +.BR \-V , " \-\-version" +Display version information and exit. +.TP +.BR \-h , " \-\-help" +Display help text and exit. +.SH AUTHORS +.MT hayden.james@gmail.com +Hayden A. James +.ME +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR ipcrm (1), +.BR ipcs (1), +.BR sysvipc (7) +.SH AVAILABILITY +The ipcmk command is part of the util-linux package and is available from +.UR https://\:www.kernel.org\:/pub\:/linux\:/utils\:/util-linux/ +Linux Kernel Archive +.UE . |