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From: John Dyson <dyson@dyson.iquest.net>
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Subject: Re: Multiple Buffer allocation of Shared Memory
To: terry@lambert.org (Terry Lambert)
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 1996 16:53:07 -0500 (EST)
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>
> I'm not clear on how I get several processes using the same region
> in the MAP_ANON case... is it even possible?  The man page says a
> non -1 fd "is used for naming"... how does that work?  Is it an index,
> or is it just an ID?
> 
I am not clear on what it is supposed to do either.  What would the
protection attributes of such an entity be?  At least SYSVSHM defines
them.

John