Copyright (c) 1997 Graham Barr . All rights reserved. This package is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. The SysV-IPC contains three packages IPC::Semaphore - Provides an object interface to using SysV IPC semaphores IPC::Msg - Provides an object interface to using SysV IPC messages IPC::SysV - Provides the constants required to use the system SysV IPC calls. Currently there is not object support for SysV shared memory, but SysV::SharedMem is a project for the future. Share and enjoy!