shmwrite(1)

shmwrite1

Writes to a shared memory segment

Usage

msgwrite -i id -o offset -l length

Overview

shmread exercises the shmat (2) and shmdt (2) system calls to attach to a memory segment and write information to 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 writing. -l Length. The number of bytes to allocate for the segment.

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