Date: Wed, 04 Feb 1998 17:47:15 +1030 From: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> To: Michael Schuster <Michael.Schuster@utimaco.co.at> Cc: "hackers@FreeBSD.ORG" <hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Shared memory and signals Message-ID: <199802040717.RAA07706@cain.gsoft.com.au> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 04 Feb 1998 08:06:23 BST." <34D8136F.CF845A68@utimaco.co.at>
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> You probably wouldn't want to do that, since shmctl(IPC_RMID,..) really > removes the shm segment, and other processes trying to use it wouldn't > be very happy about that ... > You could find out about the number of attached processes/threads using > something like: Hmm, yes but I know of at least one program (paradise netrek :) which uses the fact that the shared mem segment is persistent... --------------------------------------------------------------------- |Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software | |http://www.gsoft.com.au | |The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to| |choose from. -- Andrew Tanenbaum | ---------------------------------------------------------------------
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