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.\" Copyright (c) 1995 Michael Chastain (mec@shell.portal.com), 15 April 1995.
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.\" Modified Tue Oct 22 08:11:14 EDT 1996 by Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>
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.TH IPC 2 1995-04-15 "Linux 1.2.4" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
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.SH NAME
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ipc \- System V IPC system calls
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.BI "int ipc(unsigned int " call ", int " first ", int " second ,
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.BI "int " third ", void *" ptr ", long " fifth );
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.BR ipc ()
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is a common kernel entry point for the System V IPC calls
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for messages, semaphores, and shared memory.
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.I call
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determines which IPC function to invoke;
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the other arguments are passed through to the appropriate call.
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.PP
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User programs should call the appropriate functions by their usual names.
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Only standard library implementors and kernel hackers need to know about
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.BR ipc ().
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.SH "CONFORMING TO"
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\fBipc\fP() is Linux specific, and should not be used in programs
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intended to be portable.
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.BR msgctl (2),
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.BR msgget (2),
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.BR msgrcv (2),
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.BR msgsnd (2),
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.BR semctl (2),
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.BR semget (2),
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.BR semop (2),
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.BR shmat (2),
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.BR shmctl (2),
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.BR shmdt (2),
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.BR shmget (2)
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