sys_ipc.h(7POSIX)

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NAME
sys/ipc.h — XSI interprocess communication access structure

SYNOPSIS

#include <sys/ipc.h>

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 <sys/ipc.h> header shall define the ipc_perm structure, which shall include 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 <sys/ipc.h> header shall define the uid_t, gid_t, mode_t, and key_t types as described in <sys/types.h>.

The <sys/ipc.h> header shall define the following symbolic 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 shall be declared as a function and may also be defined as a macro. A function prototype shall be provided.

    key_t  ftok(const char *, int);

The following sections are informative.

APPLICATION USAGE
None.

RATIONALE
None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS
None.

SEE ALSO
<sys_types.h>

The System Interfaces volume of POSIX.1-2017, ftok()

COPYRIGHT
Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard for Information Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition, Copyright (C) 2018 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 .

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