From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Aug 9 13:27:17 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id NAA02483 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 9 Aug 1996 13:27:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from who.cdrom.com (who.cdrom.com [204.216.27.3]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id NAA02451 for ; Fri, 9 Aug 1996 13:27:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hp.com (hp.com [15.255.152.4]) by who.cdrom.com (8.7.5/8.6.11) with ESMTP id LAA00542 for ; Fri, 9 Aug 1996 11:29:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from xsvr2.cup.hp.com by hp.com with ESMTP (1.37.109.16/15.5+ECS 3.3) id AA209685307; Fri, 9 Aug 1996 11:28:27 -0700 Received: by xsvr2.cup.hp.com (1.39.111.2/15.5+ECS 3.3) id AA025065305; Fri, 9 Aug 1996 11:28:25 -0700 From: "Josef C. Grosch" Message-Id: <9608091128.ZM2504@xsvr2.cup.hp.com> Date: Fri, 9 Aug 1996 11:28:25 -0700 In-Reply-To: Terry Lambert "Re: SYSV msg, sem, shm interface" (Aug 9, 10:48am) References: <199608091748.KAA19063@phaeton.artisoft.com> X-Mailer: Z-Mail (3.2.1 10apr95) To: Terry Lambert Subject: Re: SYSV msg, sem, shm interface Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Aug 9, 10:48am, Terry Lambert wrote: > Subject: Re: SYSV msg, sem, shm interface > > Are there any manpages/dox available on the subject of > > SYSV IPC (as implemented in FreeBSD)? I know there is ipctut, > > but it covers only pipes & sockets. > > UNIX Press publishes SVR4 manuals, which are probably what you > want. > > You could also refer to the SunOS manuals, if you have access. > > Finally, you should consider using mmap instead. > > > Terry Lambert > terry@lambert.org > --- > Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present > or previous employers. >-- End of excerpt from Terry Lambert UNIX Network programing by Stevens is an excellent book on the subject of IPC. He has a very good section on SYSV IPC and, if I remember right, FreeBSD version of SYSV IPC is very close to what Stevens talks about. Josef -- Josef Grosch, 47LG4 | "Laugh while you can, | My opinions are mine, not jgrosch@cup.hp.com | monkey boy!" | HPs. They have'nt paid for (408) 447-0467 | - John Warfin - | them yet ! :-)