Shared Memory Example

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/*
 * =====================================================================================
 *
 *       Filename:  shm_server.c
 *
 *    Description: 
 *
 *        Version:  1.0
 *        Created:  09/03/2010 01:39:06 PM
 *       Revision:  none
 *       Compiler:  gcc
 *
 *         Author:  YOUR NAME (),
 *        Company: 
 *
 * =====================================================================================
 */
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/ipc.h>
#include <sys/shm.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

#define SHMSZ     27

main()
{
    char c;
    int shmid;
    key_t key;
    char *shm, *s;

    /*
     * We'll name our shared memory segment
     * "5678".
     */
    key = 5678;

    /*
     * Create the segment.
     */
    if ((shmid = shmget(key, SHMSZ, IPC_CREAT | 0666)) < 0) {
        perror("shmget");
        exit(1);
    }

    /*
     * Now we attach the segment to our data space.
     */
    if ((shm = shmat(shmid, NULL, 0)) == (char *) -1) {
        perror("shmat");
        exit(1);
    }

    /*
     * Now put some things into the memory for the
     * other process to read.
     */
    s = shm;

    for (c = 'a'; c <= 'z'; c++)
        *s++ = c;
    *s = 0;

    /*
     * Finally, we wait until the other process
     * changes the first character of our memory
     * to '*', indicating that it has read what
     * we put there.
     */
    while (*shm != '*')
        sleep(1);

    exit(0);
}

/*
 * =====================================================================================
 *
 *       Filename:  shm_client.c
 *
 *    Description: 
 *
 *        Version:  1.0
 *        Created:  09/03/2010 01:39:55 PM
 *       Revision:  none
 *       Compiler:  gcc
 *
 *         Author:  YOUR NAME (),
 *        Company: 
 *
 * =====================================================================================
 */
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/ipc.h>
#include <sys/shm.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

#define SHMSZ     27

main()
{
    int shmid;
    key_t key;
    char *shm, *s;

    /*
     * We need to get the segment named
     * "5678", created by the server.
     */
    key = 5678;

    /*
     * Locate the segment.
     */
    if ((shmid = shmget(key, SHMSZ, 0666)) < 0) {
        perror("shmget");
        exit(1);
    }

    /*
     * Now we attach the segment to our data space.
     */
    if ((shm = shmat(shmid, NULL, 0)) == (char *) -1) {
        perror("shmat");
        exit(1);
    }

    /*
     * Now read what the server put in the memory.
     */
    for (s = shm; *s != 0; s++)
        putchar(*s);
    putchar('/n');

    /*
     * Finally, change the first character of the
     * segment to '*', indicating we have read
     * the segment.
     */
    *shm = '*';

    exit(0);
}