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Linux in a Nutshell, Fifth Edition
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Linux in a Nutshell, Fifth Edition

by Ellen Siever, Aaron Weber, Stephen Figgins, Robert Love, Arnold Robbins
July 2005
Intermediate to advanced
944 pages
158h 24m
English
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Chapter 3: Linux Commands
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-p, --preserve-timestamps
Preserve access and modification times on source files and
directories.
-s, --strip
Strip symbol tables.
-v, --verbose
Print name of each directory as it is created.
--version
Print version, then exit.
-C Do not overwrite file when the target exists and is identical to
the new file. Preserve original timestamp.
-D Create leading components of destination except the last, then
copy source to destination.
-S suffix, --suffix=suffix
Use suffix instead of the default backup suffix, usually ~.
ipcrm
ipcrm [options]
System administration command. Remove interprocess communi-
cation (IPC) message queues, shared memory segments, or
semaphore arrays. These may be specified either by numeric identi-
fier or by key, using the following options.
Options
-m identifier, -M key
Remove specified shared memory segment and its associated
data structures after the last detach is performed.
-q identifier, -Q key
Remove specified message queue and its associated data
structures.
-s identifier, -S key
Remove specified semaphore array and its associated data
structures.
ipcs
ipcs [options]
System administration command. Print report on interprocess
communication (IPC) message queues, shared memory segments,
and semaphore arrays for which the current process has read
access. ...
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