How to make a sheared memory segment in UNIX environment using C language
#include<stdio.h>
#include<stdlib.h>
#include<ctype.h>
#include<sys/types.h>
#include<sys/msg.h>
#define MAX_SEND_SIZE 80
struct mymsgbuf{
long mtype;
char mtext[MAX_SEND_SIZE];
};

void send_message(int qid, struct mymsgbuf *qbuf, long type, char *text);
void read_message(int qid, struct mymsgbuf *qbuf, long type);
void remove_queue(int qid);
void change_queue_mode(int qid, char *mode);
void usage(void);

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
key_t key;
int msgqueue_id;
struct mymsgbuf qbuf;

if(argc == 1)
usage();

key=ftok(".",'m');

if((msgqueue_id = msgget(key, IPC_CREAT | 0660)) == -1){
perror("msgget");
exit(1);
}
switch(tolower(argv[1][0])){
case 's': send_message(msgqueue_id,(struct mymsgbuf *)&qbuf, atol(argv[2]),argv[3]);
break;
case 'r': read_message(msgqueue_id, &qbuf, atol(argv[2]));
break;
case 'd': remove_queue(msgqueue_id);
break;
case 'm': change_queue_mode(msgqueue_id,argv[2]);
break;
default: usage();
}
return(0);
}

void send_message(int qid,struct mymsgbuf *qbuf, long type, char *text){
printf("Sending a message.. \n");
qbuf->mtype=type;
strcpy(qbuf->mtext,text);

if((msgsnd(qid,(struct msgbuf *)qbuf,strlen(qbuf->mtext)+1,0)) == -1){
perror("msgsnd");
exit(1);
}
}

void read_message(int qid,struct mymsgbuf *qbuf,long type){
printf("Reading a message.. \n");
qbuf->mtype = type;
msgrcv(qid, (struct msgbuf *)qbuf, MAX_SEND_SIZE, type, 0);
printf("Type %ld Text: %s\n", qbuf->mtype, qbuf->mtext);
}

void remove_queue(int qid){
msgctl(qid, IPC_RMID, 0);
}

void change_queue_mode(int qid, char *mode){
struct msqid_ds myqueue_ds;
msgctl(qid, IPC_STAT, &myqueue_ds);
sscanf(mode, "%ho", &myqueue_ds.msg_perm.mode);
msgctl(qid, IPC_SET, &myqueue_ds);
}

void usage(void){
fprintf(stderr, "A utility for message queues\n");
fprintf(stderr, "\n USAGE: (s)end \n");
fprintf(stderr, "(r)ecv \n");
fprintf(stderr, "(d)elete\n");
fprintf(stderr, "(m)ode \n");
exit(1);
}