Messages in this thread |  | | From | Christoph Rohland <> | Subject | Re: to resize shared memory segment by using shmctl | Date | 06 Nov 2000 18:13:20 +0100 |
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Hi,
On Mon, 6 Nov 2000, aprasad@in.ibm.com wrote: > Hi, is it possible to change the size of a preexisting shared memory > segment by using shmctl? > > AIX has comand SHM_SIZE to shmctl to resize any existing shared > memory segment. can it be done without recreating the whole thing > in linux?
No that's not possible in Linux. With 2.4 you can use posix shm and use ftruncate to resize it.
Greetings Christoph
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