shmget

shmget 
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Calls the System V IPC system call, shmget(2) . The function returns the shared memory segment ID, or the undefined value if there is an error. On error, it puts the error code into $! . Before calling, you should say:

require "ipc.ph"; require "shm.ph";

This function is available only on machines supporting System V IPC.