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NAME

       ipcs — report XSI interprocess communication facilities status

SYNOPSIS

       ipcs [−qms] [−a|−bcopt]

DESCRIPTION

       The   ipcs  utility  shall  write  information  about  active  interprocess  communication
       facilities.

       Without options, information shall be written in short format for message  queues,  shared
       memory  segments,  and  semaphore sets that are currently active in the system. Otherwise,
       the information that is displayed is controlled by the options specified.

OPTIONS

The ipcs utility shall conform to the Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2008, Section
12.2, Utility Syntax Guidelines.

The ipcs utility accepts the following options:

−q Write information about active message queues.

−m Write information about active shared memory segments.

−s Write information about active semaphore sets.

If −q, −m, or −s are specified, only information about those facilities shall be written.
If none of these three are specified, information about all three shall be written subject
to the following options:

−a Use all print options. (This is a shorthand notation for −b, −c, −o, −p, and
−t.)

−b Write information on maximum allowable size. (Maximum number of bytes in
messages on queue for message queues, size of segments for shared memory, and
number of semaphores in each set for semaphores.)

−c Write creator's user name and group name; see below.

−o Write information on outstanding usage. (Number of messages on queue and total
number of bytes in messages on queue for message queues, and number of processes
attached to shared memory segments.)

−p Write process number information. (Process ID of the last process to send a
message and process ID of the last process to receive a message on message
queues, process ID of the creating process, and process ID of the last process
to attach or detach on shared memory segments.)

−t Write time information. (Time of the last control operation that changed the
access permissions for all facilities, time of the last msgsnd() and msgrcv()
operations on message queues, time of the last shmat() and shmdt() operations on
shared memory, and time of the last semop() operation on semaphores.)

OPERANDS

       None.

STDIN

       Not used.

INPUT FILES

        *  The group database

        *  The user database

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

       The following environment variables shall affect the execution of ipcs:

       LANG      Provide a default value for the internationalization variables that are unset or
                 null.   (See   the   Base  Definitions  volume  of  POSIX.1‐2008,  Section  8.2,
                 Internationalization  Variables  for  the  precedence  of   internationalization
                 variables used to determine the values of locale categories.)

       LC_ALL    If  set  to  a  non-empty  string  value,  override  the values of all the other
                 internationalization variables.

       LC_CTYPE  Determine the locale for the interpretation of sequences of bytes of  text  data
                 as  characters  (for example, single-byte as opposed to multi-byte characters in
                 arguments).

       LC_MESSAGES
                 Determine the locale that should be used to affect the format  and  contents  of
                 diagnostic messages written to standard error.

       NLSPATH   Determine the location of message catalogs for the processing of LC_MESSAGES.

       TZ        Determine  the timezone for the date and time strings written by ipcs.  If TZ is
                 unset or null, an unspecified default timezone shall be used.

ASYNCHRONOUS EVENTS

       Default.

STDOUT

An introductory line shall be written with the format:

"IPC status from %s as of %s\n", <source>, <date>

where <source> indicates the source used to gather the statistics and <date> is the
information that would be produced by the date command when invoked in the POSIX locale.

The ipcs utility then shall create up to three reports depending upon the −q, −m, and −s
options. The first report shall indicate the status of message queues, the second report
shall indicate the status of shared memory segments, and the third report shall indicate
the status of semaphore sets.

If the corresponding facility is not installed or has not been used since the last reboot,
then the report shall be written out in the format:

"%s facility not in system.\n", <facility>

where <facility> is Message Queue, Shared Memory, or Semaphore, as appropriate. If the
facility has been installed and has been used since the last reboot, column headings
separated by one or more <space> characters and followed by a <newline> shall be written
as indicated below followed by the facility name written out using the format:

"%s:\n", <facility>

where <facility> is Message Queues, Shared Memory, or Semaphores, as appropriate. On the
second and third reports the column headings need not be written if the last column
headings written already provide column headings for all information in that report.

The column headings provided in the first column below and the meaning of the information
in those columns shall be given in order below; the letters in parentheses indicate the
options that shall cause the corresponding column to appear; ``all'' means that the column
shall always appear. Each column is separated by one or more <space> characters. Note that
these options only determine what information is provided for each report; they do not
determine which reports are written.

T (all) Type of facility:

q Message queue.

m Shared memory segment.

s Semaphore.

This field is a single character written using the format %c.

ID (all) The identifier for the facility entry. This field shall be written using the
format %d.

KEY (all) The key used as an argument to msgget(), semget(), or shmget() to create the
facility entry.

Note: The key of a shared memory segment is changed to IPC_PRIVATE when
the segment has been removed until all processes attached to the
segment detach it.

This field shall be written using the format 0x%x.

MODE (all) The facility access modes and flags. The mode shall consist of 11 characters
that are interpreted as follows.

The first character shall be:

S If a process is waiting on a msgsnd() operation.

− If the above is not true.

The second character shall be:

R If a process is waiting on a msgrcv() operation.

C or − If the associated shared memory segment is to be cleared when the
first attach operation is executed.

− If none of the above is true.

The next nine characters shall be interpreted as three sets of three bits
each. The first set refers to the owner's permissions; the next to permissions
of others in the usergroup of the facility entry; and the last to all others.
Within each set, the first character indicates permission to read, the second
character indicates permission to write or alter the facility entry, and the
last character is a minus-sign ('−').

The permissions shall be indicated as follows:

r If read permission is granted.

w If write permission is granted.

a If alter permission is granted.

− If the indicated permission is not granted.

The first character following the permissions specifies if there is an
alternate or additional access control method associated with the facility. If
there is no alternate or additional access control method associated with the
facility, a single <space> shall be written; otherwise, another printable
character is written.

OWNER (all) The user name of the owner of the facility entry. If the user name of the
owner is found in the user database, at least the first eight column positions
of the name shall be written using the format %s. Otherwise, the user ID of
the owner shall be written using the format %d.

GROUP (all) The group name of the owner of the facility entry. If the group name of the
owner is found in the group database, at least the first eight column
positions of the name shall be written using the format %s. Otherwise, the
group ID of the owner shall be written using the format %d.

The following nine columns shall be only written out for message queues:

CREATOR (a,c)
The user name of the creator of the facility entry. If the user name of the
creator is found in the user database, at least the first eight column
positions of the name shall be written using the format %s. Otherwise, the
user ID of the creator shall be written using the format %d.

CGROUP (a,c)
The group name of the creator of the facility entry. If the group name of the
creator is found in the group database, at least the first eight column
positions of the name shall be written using the format %s. Otherwise, the
group ID of the creator shall be written using the format %d.

CBYTES (a,o)
The number of bytes in messages currently outstanding on the associated
message queue. This field shall be written using the format %d.

QNUM (a,o) The number of messages currently outstanding on the associated message queue.
This field shall be written using the format %d.

QBYTES (a,b)
The maximum number of bytes allowed in messages outstanding on the associated
message queue. This field shall be written using the format %d.

LSPID (a,p) The process ID of the last process to send a message to the associated queue.
This field shall be written using the format:

"%d", <pid>

where <pid> is 0 if no message has been sent to the corresponding message
queue; otherwise, <pid> shall be the process ID of the last process to send a
message to the queue.

LRPID (a,p) The process ID of the last process to receive a message from the associated
queue. This field shall be written using the format:

"%d", <pid>

where <pid> is 0 if no message has been received from the corresponding
message queue; otherwise, <pid> shall be the process ID of the last process to
receive a message from the queue.

STIME (a,t) The time the last message was sent to the associated queue. If a message has
been sent to the corresponding message queue, the hour, minute, and second of
the last time a message was sent to the queue shall be written using the
format %d:%2.2d:%2.2d. Otherwise, the format " no-entry" shall be written.

RTIME (a,t) The time the last message was received from the associated queue. If a
message has been received from the corresponding message queue, the hour,
minute, and second of the last time a message was received from the queue
shall be written using the format %d:%2.2d:%2.2d. Otherwise, the format " no-
entry" shall be written.

The following eight columns shall be only written out for shared memory segments.

CREATOR (a,c)
The user of the creator of the facility entry. If the user name of the creator
is found in the user database, at least the first eight column positions of
the name shall be written using the format %s. Otherwise, the user ID of the
creator shall be written using the format %d.

NATTCH (a,o)
The number of processes attached to the associated shared memory segment. This
field shall be written using the format %d.

SEGSZ (a,b) The size of the associated shared memory segment. This field shall be written
using the format %d.

CPID (a,p) The process ID of the creator of the shared memory entry. This field shall be
written using the format %d.

LPID (a,p) The process ID of the last process to attach or detach the shared memory
segment. This field shall be written using the format:

"%d", <pid>

where <pid> is 0 if no process has attached the corresponding shared memory
segment; otherwise, <pid> shall be the process ID of the last process to
attach or detach the segment.

ATIME (a,t) The time the last attach on the associated shared memory segment was
completed. If the corresponding shared memory segment has ever been attached,
the hour, minute, and second of the last time the segment was attached shall
be written using the format %d:%2.2d:%2.2d. Otherwise, the format " no-entry"
shall be written.

DTIME (a,t) The time the last detach on the associated shared memory segment was
completed. If the corresponding shared memory segment has ever been detached,
the hour, minute, and second of the last time the segment was detached shall
be written using the format %d:%2.2d:%2.2d. Otherwise, the format " no-entry"
shall be written.

The following four columns shall be only written out for semaphore sets:

NSEMS (a,b) The number of semaphores in the set associated with the semaphore entry. This
field shall be written using the format %d.

OTIME (a,t) The time the last semaphore operation on the set associated with the semaphore
entry was completed. If a semaphore operation has ever been performed on the
corresponding semaphore set, the hour, minute, and second of the last
semaphore operation on the semaphore set shall be written using the format
%d:%2.2d:%2.2d. Otherwise, the format " no-entry" shall be written.

The following column shall be written for all three reports when it is requested:

CTIME (a,t) The time the associated entry was created or changed. The hour, minute, and
second of the time when the associated entry was created shall be written
using the format %d:%2.2d:%2.2d.

STDERR

       The standard error shall be used only for diagnostic messages.

OUTPUT FILES

       None.

EXTENDED DESCRIPTION

       None.

EXIT STATUS

       The following exit values shall be returned:

        0    Successful completion.

       >0    An error occurred.

CONSEQUENCES OF ERRORS

       Default.

       The following sections are informative.

APPLICATION USAGE

       Things  can  change  while  ipcs  is running; the information it gives is guaranteed to be
       accurate only when it was retrieved.

EXAMPLES

       None.

RATIONALE

       None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

       None.

COPYRIGHT

       Portions of this text are reprinted and  reproduced  in  electronic  form  from  IEEE  Std
       1003.1,  2013  Edition,  Standard  for Information Technology -- Portable Operating System
       Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, Copyright (C) 2013  by  the
       Institute  of  Electrical  and  Electronics  Engineers,  Inc and The Open Group.  (This is
       POSIX.1-2008 with the  2013  Technical  Corrigendum  1  applied.)  In  the  event  of  any
       discrepancy  between  this  version and the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the
       original IEEE and The Open Group Standard is the referee document. The  original  Standard
       can be obtained online at http://www.unix.org/online.html .

       Any  typographical  or  formatting errors that appear in this page are most likely to have
       been introduced during the conversion of the source files to man page  format.  To  report
       such errors, see https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html .

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INPUT FILES

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ASYNCHRONOUS EVENTS

STDOUT

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OUTPUT FILES

EXTENDED DESCRIPTION

EXIT STATUS

CONSEQUENCES OF ERRORS

APPLICATION USAGE

EXAMPLES

RATIONALE

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