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From: tim@cithep.UucP (Tim Smith )
Newsgroups: net.unix,net.unix-wizards
Subject: Re: Shared Memory
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Date: Sat, 6-Apr-85 20:28:00 EST
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Posted: Sat Apr  6 20:28:00 1985
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Shared memory stays around when the creator dies.  Someone has to explicitly
ask it to go away.

As for passing the key to another proc, how about msg(2)? :-) :-) :-)
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					Tim Smith
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