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Flesh out the ftok docs and add see-also links to relevant functions. git-svn-id: https://svn.php.net/repository/phpdoc/en/trunk@80428 c90b9560-bf6c-de11-be94-00142212c4b1
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
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<!-- $Revision: 1.3 $ -->
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<reference id="ref.sem">
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<title>Semaphore, Shared Memory and IPC Functions</title>
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<titleabbrev>Semaphore</titleabbrev>
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<partintro>
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<para>
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This module provides wrappers for the System V IPC family of functions.
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It includes semaphores, shared memory and inter-process messaging (IPC).
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</para>
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<para>
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Semaphores may be used to provide exclusive access to
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resources on the current machine, or to limit the number of
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processes that may simultaneously use a resource.
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</para>
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<para>
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This module provides also shared memory functions using System V
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shared memory. Shared memory may be used to provide access to
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global variables. Different httpd-daemons and even other programs
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(such as Perl, C, ...) are able to access this data to provide a
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global data-exchange. Remember, that shared memory is NOT safe
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against simultaneous access. Use semaphores for synchronization.
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<table>
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<title>Limits of Shared Memory by the Unix OS</title>
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<tgroup cols="2">
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<tbody>
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<row>
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<entry>SHMMAX</entry>
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<entry>max size of shared memory, normally 131072 bytes</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>SHMMIN</entry>
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<entry>minimum size of shared memory, normally 1 byte</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>SHMMNI</entry>
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<entry>
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max amount of shared memory segments on a system,
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normally 100
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</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>SHMSEG</entry>
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<entry>
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max amount of shared memory segments per process, normally 6
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</entry>
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</row>
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</tbody>
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</tgroup>
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</table>
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</para>
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<para>
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The messaging functions may be used to send and receive messages to/from
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other processes. They provide a simple and effective means of exchanging
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data between processes, without the need for setting up an alternative
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using unix domain sockets.
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</para>
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<note>
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<simpara>
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These functions do not work on Windows systems.
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</simpara>
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</note>
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</partintro>
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&reference.sem.functions;
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</reference>
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