Shared memory basic

// Writer
#include <iostream>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <sys/ipc.h>
#include <sys/shm.h>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
	// ftok to generate unique key
	key_t key = ftok("shmfile", 65);

	// shmget returns an identifier in shmid
	int shmid = shmget(key, 1024, 0666 | IPC_CREAT);

	// shmat to attach to shared memory
	char* str = (char*)shmat(shmid, (void*)0, 0);

	cout << "Write Data : ";
	cin.getline(str, 1024);

	cout << "Data written in memory: " << str << endl;

	// detach from shared memory
	shmdt(str);

	return 0;
}
// Reader
#include <iostream>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <sys/ipc.h>
#include <sys/shm.h>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
	// ftok to generate unique key
	key_t key = ftok("shmfile", 65);

	// shmget returns an identifier in shmid
	int shmid = shmget(key, 1024, 0666 | IPC_CREAT);

	// shmat to attach to shared memory
	char* str = (char*)shmat(shmid, (void*)0, 0);

	cout << "Data read from memory:" << str;

	// detach from shared memory
	shmdt(str);

	// destroy the shared memory
	shmctl(shmid, IPC_RMID, NULL);

	return 0;
}