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#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <sys/ipc.h>
#include <sys/shm.h>
#include <sys/wait.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <unistd.h>

int main()
{
    char message[] = "hello"; // parent process will write this message to the shared memory

key_t key = ftok("shmfile", 65);

    int shmid = shmget(key, 1024, 0666 | IPC_CREAT);

    char *shmem = (char *)shmat(shmid, (void *)0, 0);

memcpy(shmem, message, sizeof(message));

    int pid = fork();

    if (pid == 0)
    {
memcpy(shmem, message, sizeof(message));
printf("Child wrote: %s\n", shmem);
    }
    else
    {
        wait(NULL);
printf("Parent read: %s\n", shmem);
    }
}