Check if a IPC message queue already exists without creating it
问题 How can I just check if a message queue exists or not without making it? When using msgget with O_CREAT | O_EXCL flag, if it exists, the call will fail with return value -1, but if it doesn't, it will then create a new message queue. Is there any way to just check? 回答1: ipcs(1) provides information on the IPC facilities and ipcrm(1) can be used to remove the IPC objects from the system. List shared memory segments: ipcs -m List message queues: ipcs -q Remove shared memory segment created with