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 NAME

sys/ipc.h - interprocess communication access structure

 SYNOPSIS



#include <sys/ipc.h>

 DESCRIPTION

The <sys/ipc.h> header is used by three mechanisms for interprocess communication (IPC): messages, semaphores and shared memory. All use a common structure type, ipc_perm to pass information used in determining permission to perform an IPC operation.

The structure ipc_perm contains the following members:


uid_t    uid    owner's user ID
gid_t    gid    owner's group ID
uid_t    cuid   creator's user ID
gid_t    cgid   creator's group ID
mode_t   mode   read/write permission

The uid_t, gid_t, mode_t and key_t types are defined as described in <sys/types.h>.

Definitions are given for the following constants:

Mode bits:

IPC_CREAT
Create entry if key does not exist.
IPC_EXCL
Fail if key exists.
IPC_NOWAIT
Error if request must wait.

Keys:

IPC_PRIVATE
Private key.

Control commands:

IPC_RMID
Remove identifier.
IPC_SET
Set options.
IPC_STAT
Get options.

The following is declared as a function and may also be defined as a macro. Function prototypes must be provided for use with an ISO C compiler.


key_t  ftok(const char *, int);

 APPLICATION USAGE

None.

 FUTURE DIRECTIONS

None.

 SEE ALSO

ftok(), <sys/types.h>.

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