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Contents 1 About Interprocess Communications 2 Signaling and Signal Handling 3 Shared Memory Mechanisms 3.1 Shared Memory 3.2 Memory-Mapped Files 4 Linux IPC Facilities 4.1 Message Queues 4.2 Semaphores 4.3 Mutexes 5 File-Based IPC 5.1 Pipes and FIFOs 5.2 Sockets

About Interprocess Communications

Signaling and Signal Handling

Shared Memory Mechanisms

Shared Memory

Memory-Mapped Files

Linux IPC Facilities

Message Queues

Semaphores

Mutexes

File-Based IPC

Pipes and FIFOs

Sockets

Sockets are another way to implement interprocess communications for Linux. See Network Programming for Linux for more information about using sockets.

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