Shared Memory Example

char *ShareMalloc( int size )

{

int shmId;

char *returnPtr;

if( (shmId=shmget( IPC_PRIVATE, size, (SHM_R|SHM_W) )) < 0 )

Abort( "Failure on shmget {size is %d}\n", size );

if( (returnPtr=(char*) shmat( shmId, 0, 0 )) == (void*) -1 )

Abort( "Failure on Shared Mem (shmat)" );

shmctl( shmId, IPC_RMID, (struct shmid_ds *) NULL );

return( returnPtr );

}

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