smlistsh1

Usage

Overview

smlistsh attaches to a region of system memory (allocating it if necessary, and placing it under PSM management as necessary) and offers the user an interactive "shell" for testing various shared-memory linked list management functions.

smlistsh prints a prompt string (": ") to stdout, accepts a command from stdin, executes the command (possibly printing a diagnostic message), then prints another prompt string and so on.

The following commands are supported:

h

The help command. Causes smlistsh to print a summary of available commands. Same effect as the ? command.

?

Another help command. Causes smlistsh to print a summary of available commands. Same effect as the h command.

k

The key command. Computes and prints an unused shared-memory key, for possible use in attaching to a shared-memory region.

+ key_value size

The attach command. Attaches smlistsh to a region of shared memory. key_value identifies an existing shared-memory region, in the event that you want to attach to an existing shared-memory region (possibly created by another smlistsh process running on the same computer). To create and attach to a new shared-memory region that other processes can attach to, use a key_value as returned by the key command and supply the size of the new region. If you want to create and attach to a new shared-memory region that is for strictly private use, use -1 as key and supply the size of the new region.

-

The detach command. Detaches smlistsh from the region of shared memory it is currently using, but does not free any memory.

n

The new command. Creates a new shared-memory list to operate on, within the currently attached shared-memory region. Prints the address of the list.

s list_address

The share command. Selects an existing shared-memory list to operate on, within the currently attached shared-memory region.

a element_value

The append command. Appends a new list element, containing element_value, to the list on which smlistsh is currently operating.

p element_value

The prepend command. Prepends a new list element, containing element_value, to the list on which smlistsh is currently operating.

w

The walk command. Prints the addresses and contents of all elements of the list on which smlistsh is currently operating.

f element_value

The find command. Finds the list element that contains element_value, within the list on which smlistsh is currently operating, and prints the address of that list element.

d element_address

The delete command. Deletes the list element located at element_address.

r

The report command. Prints a partition usage report, as per psm_report(3).

q

The quit command. Detaches smlistsh from the region of shared memory it is currently using (without freeing any memory) and terminates smlistsh.

Exit status

"0"

smlistsh has terminated.

Files

No configuration files are needed.

Environment

No environment variables apply.

Diagnostics

No diagnostics apply.