DIPCREF(1)

NAME
dipcref - DIPC referee maintenance tool

SYNOPSIS
dipcref info

dipcref rm <type> <key> <IP address>

DESCRIPTION
dipcref (ref is for referee) can do two tasks:

* Displaying the IPC structures that have been registered with the referee.

* Trying to delete these entries.

OPTIONS

info
    is used to see the current list of the shared memories, message queues and semaphore sets that the referee is aware of.

rm  tries to try to delete the specified entry in the referee's linked lists. <type> can be one of "shm", "msg" or "sem". <key> is the entry's key. <IP address> is the address of the owner of the entry, and should be given in dots-and-numbers notation.

USAGE
dipcref can be used to inspect the information in the referee, or it can be of use when, because of some problems, the referee is not informed that an IPC structure is deleted. This can fool the referee into believing that the specified structure is still present in a computer, and prevent the system from working correctly.

OPERATION
dipcref works by sending its requests to a UNIX domain socket that is used by the referee. It also receives the results through this socket. dipcref should not waste the referee's time, so it puts the received list of IPC structures in a linked list before displaying them to the user.

SEE ALSO
dipc(1), dipcd(8), dipcker(1), dipcshm(1), dipcx(1), dipc.allow(5), dipc.conf(5), rsh(1), ipc(2)

BUGS
Please send all bug reports to this address:

linux-dipc@wallybox.cei.net

AUTHOR
  Kamran Karimi
  89, Nastaran/Ghandehari
  Khosh Shomali str.
  14578 - Tehran, Iran
  kamran@wallybox.cei.net mshar@vax.ipm.ac.ir