.\" Copyright 2008 Hayden A. James (hayden.james@gmail.com)
.\" May be distributed under the GNU General Public License
.TH IPCMK "1" "July 2014" "util-linux" "User Commands"
.SH "NAME"
ipcmk \- make various IPC resources
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.B ipcmk
[options]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.B ipcmk
allows you to create shared memory segments, message queues,
and semaphore arrays.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.TP
Resources can be specified with these options:
.TP
.BR \-M , " \-\-shmem \fIsize\fR"
Create a shared memory segment of
.I size
bytes.
.TP
.BR \-Q , " \-\-queue"
Create a message queue.
.TP
.BR \-S , " \-\-semaphore \fInumber\fR"
Create a semaphore array with
.I number
of elements.
.PP
Other options are:
.TP
.BR \-p , " \-\-mode \fImode\fR"
Access permissions for the resource.  Default is 0644.
.TP
\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
Display version information and exit.
.TP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
Display help text and exit.
.PP
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR ipcrm (1),
.BR ipcs (1)
.SH "AUTHOR"
.MT hayden.james@gmail.com
Hayden A. James
.ME
.SH "AVAILABILITY"
The ipcmk command is part of the util-linux package and is available from
.UR ftp://\:ftp.kernel.org\:/pub\:/linux\:/utils\:/util-linux/
Linux Kernel Archive
.UE .