ipcrm(1) - remove the specified message queues, semaphore sets, and shared segments {oss}

ipcs(1) - report System V interprocess communication facilities status {oss}

mkfifo(1) - make fifos {oss}

Applications and Utilities

pipe (2) - create descriptor pair for interprocess communication {oss}

socketpair (2) - create a pair of connected sockets {oss}

lockf (3) - record locking on files {oss}

popen pclose (3) - process I/O {oss}

ftok (3) - create IPC indentifier from path name {oss}

semctl (2) - semaphore control operations {oss}

semget (2) - get semaphore set {oss}

semop (2) - semaphore operations {oss}

wait waitpid wait4 wait3 (2) - wait for process termination {oss}

mkfifo (2) - make a fifo file {oss}

msgctl (2) - message control operations {oss}

msgget (2) - get message queue {oss}

msgrcv (2) - receive a message from a message queue {oss}

msgsnd (2) - send a message to a message queue {oss}

Libraries and Functions

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See also Remote Process Communication - Methods of communicating to remote processes. Remote Procedure Calls, sockets, data format translation, et al

See also: Process Creation and Control - (starting and controlling child and peer processes)

See also: Process Signals and Events - Sending and handling signals and events.

See also: Program Environment Variables - Getting/ Setting program environment variables

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