"Igor Kovalenko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > It does not have to be anonymous. POSIX also defines shm_open(same arguments > as open) API which will create named object in whatever location corresponds > to shared memory storage on that platform (object is then grown to needed > size by ftruncate() and the fd is then passed to mmap). The object will > exist in name space and can be detected by subsequent calls to shm_open() > with same name. It is not really different from doing open(), but more > portable (mmap() on regular files may not be supported).
Yes, but can you detect whether other processes have the same file open? regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to [EMAIL PROTECTED])