#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/ipc.h>
#include <sys/shm.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#define SHMSZ 27
main()
{
int shmid;
key_t key;
char *shmat();
char *shm, *s;
/*
* We need to get the segment named
* "5678", created by the server.
*/
key = 5678;
/*
* Locate the segment.
*/
if ((shmid = shmget(key, SHMSZ, 0666)) < 0) {
perror("shmget");
exit(1);
}
/*
* Now we attach the segment to our data space.
*/
if ((shm = shmat(shmid, NULL, 0)) == (char *) -1) {
perror("shmat");
exit(1);
}
/*
* Now read what the server put in the memory.
*/
for (s = shm; *s != NULL; s++)
putchar(*s);
putchar('\n');
/*
* Finally, change the first character of the
* segment to '*', indicating we have read
* the segment.
*/
*shm = '*';
exit(0);
}
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