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From: Rainer Weikusat <rweikusat@mssgmbh.com>
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Subject: Re: mmap for IPC
Date: Wed, 01 May 2013 20:08:54 +0100
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Jay Braun <lyngwyst@gmail.com> writes:
> Just want to make sure:  If I use mmap for inter-process
> communication, the processes that share the memory need not be
> forked from some parent process.  They can be invoked independently,
> correct?

If you're mmapping a 'publically accessible object', yes.