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PCP-IPCS(1) General Commands Manual PCP-IPCS(1)

NAME

pcp-ipcs - provide information on IPC facilities

SYNOPSIS

pcp [pcp options] ipcs [-luV?] [output-format]

DESCRIPTION

pcp-ipcs provides information on the inter-process communication facilities for which the calling process has read access.

OPTIONS

When invoked via the pcp(1) command, the -h/--host, -a/--archive, -O/--origin, -Z/--timezone and several other pcp options become indirectly available; refer to PCPIntro(1) for a complete description of these options.

The additional command line options available for pcp-ipcs are:

Display version information and exit.
-?, --help
Display the usage message and exit.

Output formats

Show resource limits.
Show status summary.

PCP ENVIRONMENT

Environment variables with the prefix PCP_ are used to parameterize the file and directory names used by PCP. On each installation, the file /etc/pcp.conf contains the local values for these variables. The $PCP_CONF variable may be used to specify an alternative configuration file, as described in pcp.conf(5).

For environment variables affecting PCP tools, see pmGetOptions(3).

SEE ALSO

PCPIntro(1), pcp(1), ipcmk(1), ipcrm(1), msgrcv(2), msgsnd(2), semget(2), semop(2), shmat(2), shmdt(2) and shmget(2).

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