Re: [boost] [interprocess] shared memory lifetime

From: Bardur Arantsson (spam_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-03-10 17:32:28

Olaf van der Spek wrote:
> On 3/10/06, Ion Gaztañaga <igaztanaga_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>> So if a process calls shm_unlink another process can create new shared
>> memory segment with the same name, but never connect to that old shared
>> memory. This is different from a file unlink behavior, I think.
> 
> In what way?
> Isn't this exactly how unlink behaves on files (in Linux)?
> 

It is. Most UNIX-a-likes behave this way.

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