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sys_ipc.h: XSI interprocess communication access structure
NAME
sys/ipc.h - XSI interprocess communication access structure
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
The <sys/ipc.h> header is used by three mechanisms for XSI 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 ipc_perm structure shall contain the following members:
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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 shall be defined as described in <sys/types.h> .
Definitions shall be provided for the following constants:
Mode bits:
- IPC_CREAT
- Create entry if key does not exist.
- IPC_EXCL
- Fail if key exists.
- IPC_NOWAIT
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Error if request must wait.
Keys:
- IPC_PRIVATE
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Private key.
Control commands:
- IPC_RMID
- Remove identifier.
- IPC_SET
- Set options.
- IPC_STAT
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Get options.
The following shall be declared as a function and may also be defined as a macro. A function prototype shall be provided.
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key_t ftok(const char *, int);
The following sections are informative.
APPLICATION USAGE
RATIONALE
FUTURE DIRECTIONS
COPYRIGHT
Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003 Edition, Standard for Information Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 6, Copyright (C) 2001-2003 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .