This is a simple tool that dumps shared memory segments (System V and POSIX), files and text. It might be useful when you have to debug programs that use shared memory.

Features

  • Dumps System V (shmget, shmat API) and POSIX (shm_open...) shared memory
  • Also dumps files (like cat) and text (like echo)
  • Several objects can be dumped in one run
  • Useful for debugging purposes
  • Works with Linux, FreeBSD and probably other un*x like systems
  • Comes with an optional utility to calculate System V IPC keys via the ftok(3) library function

Project Samples

shmcat dumping a plain text shared memory segment and some text passed via command line

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Categories

Software Development, Software Testing

License

GNU General Public License version 2.0 (GPLv2)

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Additional Project Details

Operating Systems

Linux, FreeBSD

Languages

English, German

Intended Audience

Information Technology, System Administrators, Developers, Testers

User Interface

Command-line

Programming Language

C

Related Categories

C Software Development Software, C Software Testing Tool

Registered

2012-02-21
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