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SHM.H 3HEAD "Sep 10, 2004"
NAME
shm.h, shm - shared memory facility
SYNOPSIS

#include <sys/shm.h>
DESCRIPTION

The <sys/shm.h> header defines the following symbolic constants: SHM_RDONLY

attach read-only (else read-write)

SHM_RND

round attach address to SHMLBA

The <sys/shm.h> header defines the following symbolic value: SHMLBA

segment low boundary address multiple

The following data types are defined through typedef: shmatt_t

Unsigned integer used for the number of current attaches that must be able to store values at least as large as a type unsigned short.

The shmid_ds structure contains the following members:

struct ipc_perm shm_perm /* operation permission structure */
size_t shm_segsz /* size of segment in bytes */
pid_t shm_lpid /* process ID of last shared memory
 operation */
pid_t shm_cpid /* process ID of creator */
shmatt_t shm_nattch /* number of current attaches */
time_t shm_atime /* time of last shmat() */
time_t shm_dtime /* time of last shmdt() */
time_t shm_ctime /* time of last change by shmctl() */

The pid_t, time_t, key_t, and size_t types are defined as described in <sys/types.h>. See types.h(3HEAD).

In addition, all of the symbols from <sys/ipc.h> are defined when this header is included.

ATTRIBUTES

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE VALUE
Interface Stability Standard
SEE ALSO

shmctl(2), shmget(2), shmop(2), ipc.h(3HEAD), types.h(3HEAD), attributes(5), standards(5)