On Thu, Mar 06, 2003 at 02:33:46PM -0500, rm wrote: > On Thu, Mar 06, 2003 at 09:12:03PM +0200, Juhana Sadeharju wrote: > > Hello. I need two functions: > > > > make_shm(int size, char *key) > > -run by root > > -creates a locked shared memory segment > > -returns a key (preferably a string) which is used to > > access the shared memory > > shm segments are identified by key id (key_t), use ftok on a file to turn > a string (the path to the file) into a key.
Or you can use Posix SHM shm_open(3), which is more portable, in theory. POSIX shm segments are identified by a string. - Steve
