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_posixshmem

POSIX shared memory module

Functions

shm_open

shm_open(path, flags, mode=511)

  Open a shared memory object.  Returns a file descriptor (integer).

shm_unlink

shm_unlink(path)

  Remove a shared memory object (similar to unlink()).

  Remove a shared memory object name, and, once all processes  have  unmapped
  the object, de-allocates and destroys the contents of the associated memory
  region.