IPC之共享存储区
用共享存储区进行进程间通信主要有以下步骤组成
1. Create shared memory 
int shmget(key_t key, int size, int shmflg); 
if ((shm_id = shmget (mykey, sizeof (struct sharedbuf), 0600 | IFLAGS)) < 0)
    perror ("shmget");
		
				2. Attach shared memory 
char *buf = shmat (shm_id, 0, 0);
 
3. Read / Write shared memory 
sharedbuf->size = size_; 
memcpy(sharedbuf->buf, mybuf, size_); 
memcpy(mybuf, sharedbuf->buf, sharedbuf->size);  
 
3. Detach shared memory (optional) 
shmdt (buf);
 
4. Remove shared memory 
if (shmctl (shm_id, IPC_RMID, (struct shmid_ds *)0) < 0)  
    perror ("shmctl");
		一个测试过的实例
#include <stdio.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/shm.h>
#include <sys/ipc.h>
#define SHM_MODE (SHM_R | SHM_W)
#define SHM_SIZE 2048
		int main()
{
 int segment_id, segment_size;
 char *shared_memory;
 pid_t pid;
 
 if((segment_id = shmget(IPC_PRIVATE, SHM_SIZE, SHM_MODE)) < 0)/*获得共享内存标识符*/
  perror("shmget error!\n");
 if((shared_memory = shmat(segment_id, 0, 0)) == (void *)-1)/*进程和共享内存段相连接*/
  perror("shmat error!\n");
 printf("test1 send a message to share memory.\n");
 sprintf(shared_memory, "Hello test2\n");
 shmdt(shared_memory);/*脱离链接*/
 pid = fork();
 if(pid < 0)
  perror("Creating process error!\n");
 else if(pid > 0)
 {
  wait(NULL); /*父进程等待子进程结束*/
  shmctl(segment_id, IPC_RMID, 0);/*子进程结束,父进程将共享内存删除*/
  exit(0);
 }
 else
 {                                                                                                                                                                        
  if((shared_memory = shmat(segment_id, 0, 0)) == (void*)-1)/*子进程和共享内存连接*/
   perror("shmat error!\n");
  printf("test2 get a message form share memory:%s",shared_memory);
  shmdt(shared_memory);
 }
}     
相关参考:http://blog.csdn.net/Apollo_zhc/archive/2006/06/01/768694.aspx