About Boost.Interprocess
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Boost.Interprocess
Boost.Interprocess simplifies the use of common interprocess communication and synchronization mechanisms and offers a wide range of them:
- Shared memory.
- Memory-mapped files.
- Semaphores, mutexes, condition variables and upgradable mutex types to place them in shared memory and memory mapped files.
- Named versions of those synchronization objects, similar to UNIX/Windows sem_open/CreateSemaphore API.
- File locking.
- Relative pointers.
- Message queues.
Also offers higher-level interprocess mechanisms to dynamically allocate portions of a shared memory or a memory mapped file. Using these mechanisms, it offers useful tools to construct C++ objects, including STL-like containers, in shared memory and memory mapped files.
License
Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
Properties
- C++03
- Header-only.
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More information
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<h1>Boost.Interprocess</h1> <p>Boost.Interprocess simplifies the use of common interprocess communication and synchronization mechanisms and offers a wide range of them:</p> <ul> <li>Shared memory.</li> <li>Memory-mapped files.</li> <li>Semaphores, mutexes, condition variables and upgradable mutex types to place them in shared memory and memory mapped files.</li> <li>Named versions of those synchronization objects, similar to UNIX/Windows sem_open/CreateSemaphore API.</li> <li>File locking.</li> <li>Relative pointers.</li> <li>Message queues.</li> </ul> <p>Also offers higher-level interprocess mechanisms to dynamically allocate portions of a shared memory or a memory mapped file. Using these mechanisms, it offers useful tools to construct C++ objects, including STL-like containers, in shared memory and memory mapped files.</p> <h3>License</h3> <p>Distributed under the <a href="http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt">Boost Software License, Version 1.0</a>.</p> <h3>Properties</h3> <ul> <li>C++03</li> <li>Header-only.</li> </ul> <h3>Build Status</h3> <table> <thead> <tr> <th align="center">Branch</th> <th align="left">Deps</th> <th align="left">Docs</th> <th align="left">Tests</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/boostorg/interprocess/tree/master"><code>master</code></a></td> <td align="left"><a href="https://pdimov.github.io/boostdep-report/master/interprocess.html"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/deps-master-brightgreen.svg" alt="Deps" /></a></td> <td align="left"><a href="http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/master/doc/html/interprocess.html"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/docs-master-brightgreen.svg" alt="Documentation" /></a></td> <td align="left"><a href="http://www.boost.org/development/tests/master/developer/interprocess.html"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/matrix-master-brightgreen.svg" alt="Enter the Matrix" /></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/boostorg/interprocess/tree/develop"><code>develop</code></a></td> <td align="left"><a href="https://pdimov.github.io/boostdep-report/develop/interprocess.html"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/deps-develop-brightgreen.svg" alt="Deps" /></a></td> <td align="left"><a href="http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/develop/doc/html/interprocess.html"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/docs-develop-brightgreen.svg" alt="Documentation" /></a></td> <td align="left"><a href="http://www.boost.org/development/tests/develop/developer/interprocess.html"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/matrix-develop-brightgreen.svg" alt="Enter the Matrix" /></a></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <h3>Directories</h3> <table> <thead> <tr> <th align="left">Name</th> <th align="left">Purpose</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td align="left"><code>doc</code></td> <td align="left">documentation</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"><code>example</code></td> <td align="left">examples</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"><code>extra</code></td> <td align="left">extra utilities</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"><code>include</code></td> <td align="left">headers</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"><code>test</code></td> <td align="left">unit tests</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <h3>More information</h3> <ul> <li><a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/ask?tags=c%2B%2B,boost,boost-interprocess">Ask questions</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/boostorg/interprocess/issues">Report bugs</a>: Be sure to mention Boost version, platform and compiler you're using. A small compilable code sample to reproduce the problem is always good as well.</li> <li>Submit your patches as pull requests against <strong>develop</strong> branch. Note that by submitting patches you agree to license your modifications under the <a href="http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt">Boost Software License, Version 1.0</a>.</li> <li>Discussions about the library are held on the <a href="http://www.boost.org/community/groups.html#main">Boost developers mailing list</a>. Be sure to read the <a href="http://www.boost.org/community/policy.html">discussion policy</a> before posting and add the <code>[interprocess]</code> tag at the beginning of the subject line.</li> </ul>
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<h1>Boost.Interprocess</h1> <p>Boost.Interprocess simplifies the use of common interprocess communication and synchronization mechanisms and offers a wide range of them:</p> <ul> <li>Shared memory.</li> <li>Memory-mapped files.</li> <li>Semaphores, mutexes, condition variables and upgradable mutex types to place them in shared memory and memory mapped files.</li> <li>Named versions of those synchronization objects, similar to UNIX/Windows sem_open/CreateSemaphore API.</li> <li>File locking.</li> <li>Relative pointers.</li> <li>Message queues.</li> </ul> <p>Also offers higher-level interprocess mechanisms to dynamically allocate portions of a shared memory or a memory mapped file. Using these mechanisms, it offers useful tools to construct C++ objects, including STL-like containers, in shared memory and memory mapped files.</p> <h3>License</h3> <p>Distributed under the <a href="http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt">Boost Software License, Version 1.0</a>.</p> <h3>Properties</h3> <ul> <li>C++03</li> <li>Header-only.</li> </ul> <h3>Build Status</h3> <table> <thead> <tr> <th align="center">Branch</th> <th align="left">Deps</th> <th align="left">Docs</th> <th align="left">Tests</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/boostorg/interprocess/tree/master"><code>master</code></a></td> <td align="left"><a href="https://pdimov.github.io/boostdep-report/master/interprocess.html"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/deps-master-brightgreen.svg" alt="Deps" /></a></td> <td align="left"><a href="http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/master/doc/html/interprocess.html"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/docs-master-brightgreen.svg" alt="Documentation" /></a></td> <td align="left"><a href="http://www.boost.org/development/tests/master/developer/interprocess.html"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/matrix-master-brightgreen.svg" alt="Enter the Matrix" /></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/boostorg/interprocess/tree/develop"><code>develop</code></a></td> <td align="left"><a href="https://pdimov.github.io/boostdep-report/develop/interprocess.html"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/deps-develop-brightgreen.svg" alt="Deps" /></a></td> <td align="left"><a href="http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/develop/doc/html/interprocess.html"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/docs-develop-brightgreen.svg" alt="Documentation" /></a></td> <td align="left"><a href="http://www.boost.org/development/tests/develop/developer/interprocess.html"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/matrix-develop-brightgreen.svg" alt="Enter the Matrix" /></a></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <h3>Directories</h3> <table> <thead> <tr> <th align="left">Name</th> <th align="left">Purpose</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td align="left"><code>doc</code></td> <td align="left">documentation</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"><code>example</code></td> <td align="left">examples</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"><code>extra</code></td> <td align="left">extra utilities</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"><code>include</code></td> <td align="left">headers</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"><code>test</code></td> <td align="left">unit tests</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <h3>More information</h3> <ul> <li><a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/ask?tags=c%2B%2B,boost,boost-interprocess">Ask questions</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/boostorg/interprocess/issues">Report bugs</a>: Be sure to mention Boost version, platform and compiler you're using. A small compilable code sample to reproduce the problem is always good as well.</li> <li>Submit your patches as pull requests against <strong>develop</strong> branch. Note that by submitting patches you agree to license your modifications under the <a href="http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt">Boost Software License, Version 1.0</a>.</li> <li>Discussions about the library are held on the <a href="http://www.boost.org/community/groups.html#main">Boost developers mailing list</a>. Be sure to read the <a href="http://www.boost.org/community/policy.html">discussion policy</a> before posting and add the <code>[interprocess]</code> tag at the beginning of the subject line.</li> </ul>
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