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From: latham@bsdpkh.UUCP (Ken Latham)
Newsgroups: net.unix,net.unix-wizards
Subject: Re: Sys V IPC
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Date: Mon, 10-Feb-86 18:10:45 EST
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> I have been reading the documentation for the Sys V IPC stuff (msg, shm)
> and it is not exactly crystal-clear (no kidding!).....

... opaque is the word .....

> .......  Could anyone please provide
> me (and the net community) with one or several examples of message-passing
> between cooperating processes?
> 

	You would be better off to obtain a copy of the IPC manual that comes
with SYSVR2.  It contains several examples utilizing EVERY call, and gives very
lucid descriptions of how they are used.   A posting to the net ( usually from
 unqualified sources :-> ) would only tend to make IPC more unclear.

> Thanks in advance.

	Your welcome!



  Concerning those who have a great deal of experience:

		" There are those who have many experiences...
		  and those who have a few experiences many times."
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  Concerning those who have a great deal of experience:

		" There are those who have many experiences...
		  and those who have one experience many times."
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|        Ken Latham           |     uucp: ihnp4!bsdpkh!latham                 |
|        AT&T-IS              |     uucp: {ihnp4!decvax,peora}!ucf-cs!latham  |
|        Orlando , FL         |     arpa: latham.ucf-cs@csnet-relay           |
|        USA                  |     csnet:latham@ucf                          |
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