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.\" Title: ipcmk
.\" Author: [see the "AUTHOR(S)" section]
.\" Generator: Asciidoctor 2.0.20
.\" Date: 2024-04-24
.\" Manual: User Commands
.\" Source: util-linux 2.40.1
.\" Language: English
.\"
.TH "IPCMK" "1" "2024-04-24" "util\-linux 2.40.1" "User Commands"
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.SH "NAME"
ipcmk \- make various IPC resources
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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\fBipcmk\fP [options]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
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\fBipcmk\fP allows you to create System V inter\-process communication (IPC) objects: shared memory segments, message queues, and semaphore arrays.
.SH "OPTIONS"
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Resources can be specified with these options:
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\fB\-M\fP, \fB\-\-shmem\fP \fIsize\fP
.RS 4
Create a shared memory segment of \fIsize\fP bytes. The \fIsize\fP 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.
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\fB\-Q\fP, \fB\-\-queue\fP
.RS 4
Create a message queue.
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\fB\-S\fP, \fB\-\-semaphore\fP \fInumber\fP
.RS 4
Create a semaphore array with \fInumber\fP of elements.
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Other options are:
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\fB\-p\fP, \fB\-\-mode\fP \fImode\fP
.RS 4
Access permissions for the resource. Default is 0644.
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\fB\-h\fP, \fB\-\-help\fP
.RS 4
Display help text and exit.
.RE
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\fB\-V\fP, \fB\-\-version\fP
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Print version and exit.
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.SH "AUTHORS"
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.MTO "hayden.james\(atgmail.com" "Hayden A. James" ""
.SH "SEE ALSO"
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\fBipcrm\fP(1),
\fBipcs\fP(1),
\fBsysvipc\fP(7)
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
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For bug reports, use the issue tracker at \c
.URL "https://github.com/util\-linux/util\-linux/issues" "" "."
.SH "AVAILABILITY"
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The \fBipcmk\fP command is part of the util\-linux package which can be downloaded from \c
.URL "https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util\-linux/" "Linux Kernel Archive" "."
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