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From: patrick@scrooge.ism.isc.com (Patrick Curran)
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Subject: Re: Shared Mem, Msg queues, Semaphores  Code fragments wanted
Keywords: IPC XENIX shared memory segments interprocess communication
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Date: 31 Jul 89 21:09:07 GMT
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In article <100@norsat.UUCP> dave@norsat.UUCP (Dave Binette) writes:
>An upcoming project requires some efficient interprocess communications
>to be developed using XENIX 386's V2.3.1
>
>Since my working knowledge of IPC's is a small subset of total ignorance,
>I could really use (and appreciate) code fragments incorporating any of
>the following:
>msgctl(S)   msgget(S)   msgop(S)
>semctl(S)   semget(S)   semop(S)
>shmctl(S)   shmget(S)   shmop(S)
>ipcs(C)     ipcrm(C)
>

The "AT&T UNIX System V/386 Programmer's Guide" has a whole chapter on
IPCs.  This includes full listings of test programs that exercise all
aspects of the IPC system calls.  I haven't tried them, but they look
pretty good.  I think you'll find them a great help.

Of course, XENIX is not UNIX...

Patrick Curran (patrick@ism780c.isc.com)
(uunet!ism780c!patrick)
INTERACTIVE Systems Corp, Santa Monica, CA. (213) 453-8649