.\" Copyright 2008 Hayden A. James (hayden.james@gmail.com)
.\" May be distributed under the GNU General Public License
.TH "IPCMK" "1" "21 March 2008" "ipcmk" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH "NAME"
ipcmk \- create various ipc resources
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.B ipcmk [ \-M \fIsize\fR ] [ \-p \fImode\fR ]
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.B ipcmk [ \-S \fInsems\fR ] [ \-p \fImode\fR ]
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.B ipcmk [ \-Q ] [ \-p \fImode\fR ]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.B ipcmk
allows you to create shared memory segments, message queues or semaphore arrays.
.SH "OPTIONS"
Resources may be specified as follows:
.TP
.BI \-M " size"
shared memory segment of size \fB\fIsize\fR\fR
.TP
.BI \-S " nsems"
semaphore array with \fB\fInsems\fR\fR elements
.TP
.BI \-Q
message queue
.TP
Other options
.TP
.BI \-p " mode"
permission for the resource (default is 0644)
.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\-ng package and is available from
ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util\-linux\-ng/.