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Shared Memory Example in C

This C program demonstrates the use of shared memory for inter-process communication. It creates a shared memory segment, allows the user to write a message to it, reads the message back, and then cleans up by removing the shared memory segment. Error handling is included for each operation to ensure proper execution.

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Shared Memory Example in C

This C program demonstrates the use of shared memory for inter-process communication. It creates a shared memory segment, allows the user to write a message to it, reads the message back, and then cleans up by removing the shared memory segment. Error handling is included for each operation to ensure proper execution.

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#include <stdio.

h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/ipc.h>
#include <sys/shm.h>
#include <string.h>

#define SHM_SIZE 1024 // Size of shared memory segment

int main() {
int shmid;
key_t key;
char *shmaddr;

// Generate a key for the shared memory segment


key = ftok(".", 'a');
if (key == -1) {
perror("ftok");
exit(1);
}

// Create a shared memory segment


shmid = shmget(key, SHM_SIZE, IPC_CREAT | 0666);
if (shmid == -1) {
perror("shmget");
exit(1);
}

// Attach the shared memory segment to the process's address space


shmaddr = shmat(shmid, NULL, 0);
if (shmaddr == (char *) -1) {
perror("shmat");
exit(1);
}

// Write data to the shared memory


printf("Enter a message to write to shared memory: ");
fgets(shmaddr, SHM_SIZE, stdin);

// Detach the shared memory segment


if (shmdt(shmaddr) == -1) {
perror("shmdt");
exit(1);
}

// Read data from the shared memory


shmaddr = shmat(shmid, NULL, 0);
if (shmaddr == (char *) -1) {
perror("shmat");
exit(1);
}
printf("Data read from shared memory: %s", shmaddr);

// Detach the shared memory segment again


if (shmdt(shmaddr) == -1) {
perror("shmdt");
exit(1);
}
// Remove the shared memory segment
if (shmctl(shmid, IPC_RMID, NULL) == -1) {
perror("shmctl");
exit(1);
}

return 0;
}

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