$file_shmem = "/tmp/IPC/shared_memory1"; $size_shmem = 18640; open( F, "./ftok $file_shmem 1 |" ); $s1 = ; close F; chomp $s1; $ipckey = "0x$s1"; print "IPC-KEY of ($file_shmem) is $ipckey \n"; $idshm = shmget( $ipckey, $size_shmem, 0666 ) || die "\n Creation of shared memory failed $! \n"; print "IPC-SHMEM: id $idshm \n"; shmread( $idshm, $data_shmem, 0, $size_shmem ) || warn "\n\n Error reading shared-memory: $! \n";