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.\" Copyright 2008 Hayden A. James (hayden.james@gmail.com)
.\" May be distributed under the GNU General Public License
.TH IPCMK 1 "March 2008" "util-linux" "User Commands"
.SH "NAME"
ipcmk \- create various ipc resources
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.B ipcmk \-h
.br
.B ipcmk
.RB [ \-M
.IR size ]
.RB [ \-S
.IR nsems ]
.RB [ \-Q ]
.RB [ \-p
.IR mode ]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.B ipcmk
allows you to create shared memory segments, message queues or semaphore arrays.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.TP
Resources may be specified as follows:
.TP
.BI \-M " size"
shared memory segment of size
.I size
.TP
.BI \-S " nsems"
semaphore array with
.I nsems
elements
.TP
.BI \-Q
message queue
.TP
Other options
.TP
.BI \-p " mode"
permission for the resource (default is 0644)
.TP
.B \-h
display a short help message and exit
.PP
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR ipcrm (1),
.BR ipcs (1)
.SH "AUTHOR"
Hayden A. James (hayden.james@gmail.com)
.SH "AVAILABILITY"
The ipcmk command is part of the util-linux package and is available from
ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/.