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Hi, I was just trying to get two processes to share some data.... I just wanted to know if there is any advantage of using shmget vs creating a file ...
  1. 01-03-2011 #1
    dasman
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    Question shmget vs creating a file...

    Hi,
    I was just trying to get two processes to share some data.... I just wanted to know if there is any advantage of using shmget vs creating a file and reading writing from it... it looks to be the same to me.
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  2. 01-03-2011 #2
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    Assuming enough physical memory, there is no disk I/O with shmget.
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