ipcmk (1)

ipcmk [options]

ipcmk allows you to create shared memory segments, message queues, and semaphore arrays.

Resources can be specified with these options:

-M, --shmem size

Create a shared memory segment of size bytes.

-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.

ipcrm(1), ipcs(1)

Hayden A. James

The ipcmk command is part of the util-linux package and is available from

Linux Kernel Archive