shmread(1)

shmread1

Reads the state of a shared memory segment

Usage

msgread -i id -o offset -l length

Overview

shmread exercises the shmat (2) and shmdt (2) system calls to attach to a memory segment and read information out of it.

Options

-i Shared Memory Segment ID. The shared memory segment ID is required. -o Offset. The offset (in bytes) within the segment to start reading. -l Length. The number of bytes to read out of the segment.

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