DIPCKER(1)

NAME
dipcker - DIPC Kernel data structure maintenance tool

SYNOPSIS
dipcker info

dipcker rm <type> <key>

DESCRIPTION
dipcker (ker is for kernel) can perform two tasks:

* It can display information about the IPC structures present in the kernel.

* It can try to delete an IPC structure in the kernel.

OPTIONS

info
    gets a list of all the shared memories, message queues and semaphore sets in the kernel.

rm  tries to delete an IPC structure from the kernel. <type> can be one of "shm", "sem" or "msg". <key> is the IPC structure key. This action may not always be successful, for example because the user does not have enough privileges.

USAGE
dipcker can be used to inspect the information in the kernel of a computer, or it can be of use when a program does not clean up the IPC structures it has created (for example because it has crashed). If this happens, other processes that use the same keys may not work properly. DIPC provides support for dipcker by giving it a list of all the structures in the kernel without any need to touch them. For removing an structure, dipcker uses normal IPC methods, so it may not be always successful.

SEE ALSO
dipc(1), dipcd(8), dipcref(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