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Diffstat (limited to 'sys-utils/ipcs.1')
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diff --git a/sys-utils/ipcs.1 b/sys-utils/ipcs.1 index 453ce5c01..6c925802f 100644 --- a/sys-utils/ipcs.1 +++ b/sys-utils/ipcs.1 @@ -1,24 +1,26 @@ .\" Copyright 1993 Rickard E. Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu) .\" May be distributed under the GNU General Public License -.TH IPCS "1" "January 2013" "util-linux" "User Commands" +.TH IPCS "1" "July 2014" "util-linux" "User Commands" .SH NAME -ipcs \- provide information on IPC facilities +ipcs \- show information on IPC facilities .SH SYNOPSIS .B ipcs -.RB [ resource\-option "] [" output\-format ] -.br -.B ipcs -.RB [ resource\-option ] -.BI \-i " id" +[options] .SH DESCRIPTION .B ipcs -provides information on the inter-process communication facilities +shows information on the inter-process communication facilities for which the calling process has read access. +By default it shows information about all three resources: +shared memory segments, message queues, and semaphore arrays. .SH OPTIONS .TP \fB\-i\fR, \fB\-\-id\fR \fIid\fR -Print details only on the resource identified by +Show full details on just the one resource element identified by .IR id . +This option needs to be combined with one of the three resource options: +.BR \-m , +.BR \-q " or" +.BR \-s . .TP \fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR Display help text and exit. @@ -27,12 +29,12 @@ Display help text and exit. Display version information and exit. .SS "Resource options" .TP -\fB\-q\fR, \fB\-\-queues\fR -Write information about active message queues. -.TP \fB\-m\fR, \fB\-\-shmems\fR Write information about active shared memory segments. .TP +\fB\-q\fR, \fB\-\-queues\fR +Write information about active message queues. +.TP \fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-semaphores\fR Write information about active semaphore sets. .TP |