DESCRIPTION IPC::ShareLite provides a simple interface to shared memory, allowing data to be efficiently communicated between processes. Your operating system must support SysV IPC (shared memory and semaphores) in order to use this module. COPYRIGHT & TERMS Copyright 1998-2002, Maurice Aubrey . All rights reserved. This module is free software; you may redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES RESULTING FROM THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE. PREREQUISITES This module requires perl 5.004 or later. INSTALLATION To install this module, move into the directory where this file is located and type the following: perl Makefile.PL make make test make install This will install the module into the Perl library directory. If you lack sufficient privileges for this, then you can specify an alternate directory like this: perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=/where/I/want/it/put make make test make install See the POD documentation for further details. Once the module is installed, you should be able to read the documentation by typing the following from the command-line: perldoc IPC::ShareLite