/***************************************************************************** Excerpt from "Linux Programmer's Guide - Chapter 6" (C)opyright 1994-1995, Scott Burkett ***************************************************************************** MODULE: shmtool.c ***************************************************************************** A command line tool for tinkering with SysV style Shared Memory Segments *****************************************************************************/ #include #include #include #include #include #include #define SEGSIZE 100 void writeshm(int shmid, char *segptr, char *text); void readshm(int shmid, char *segptr); void removeshm(int shmid); void changemode(int shmid, char *mode); void usage(void); int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { key_t key; int shmid; char *segptr; if(argc == 1) usage(); /* Create unique key via call to ftok() */ key = ftok(".", 'S'); /* Open the shared memory segment - create if necessary */ if((shmid = shmget(key, SEGSIZE, IPC_CREAT|IPC_EXCL|0666)) == -1) { printf("Shared memory segment exists - opening as client\n"); /* Segment probably already exists - try as a client */ if((shmid = shmget(key, SEGSIZE, 0)) == -1) { perror("shmget"); exit(1); } } else { printf("Creating new shared memory segment\n"); } /* Attach (map) the shared memory segment into the current process */ if((segptr = shmat(shmid, 0, 0)) == (char *)-1) { perror("shmat"); exit(1); } switch(tolower(argv[1][0])) { case 'w': writeshm(shmid, segptr, argv[2]); break; case 'r': readshm(shmid, segptr); break; case 'd': removeshm(shmid); break; case 'm': changemode(shmid, argv[2]); break; default: usage(); } return(0); } void writeshm(int shmid, char *segptr, char *text) { strcpy(segptr, text); printf("Done...\n"); } void readshm(int shmid, char *segptr) { printf("segptr: %s\n", segptr); } void removeshm(int shmid) { shmctl(shmid, IPC_RMID, 0); printf("Shared memory segment marked for deletion\n"); } void changemode(int shmid, char *mode) { struct shmid_ds myshmds; /* Get current values for internal data structure */ shmctl(shmid, IPC_STAT, &myshmds); /* Display old permissions */ printf("Old permissions were: %o\n", myshmds.shm_perm.mode); /* Convert and load the mode */ sscanf(mode, "%ho", &myshmds.shm_perm.mode); /* Update the mode */ shmctl(shmid, IPC_SET, &myshmds); printf("New permissions are : %o\n", myshmds.shm_perm.mode); } void usage(void) { fprintf(stderr, "shmtool - A utility for tinkering with shared memory\n"); fprintf(stderr, "\nUSAGE: shmtool (w)rite \n"); fprintf(stderr, " (r)ead\n"); fprintf(stderr, " (d)elete\n"); fprintf(stderr, " (m)ode change \n"); exit(1); }