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.

       -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 <ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-
       linux/>.



util-linux                         July 2014                          IPCMK(1)
