C++ boost libraries shared_memory_object undefined reference to 'shm_open'

Question

I tried to compile the following code on ubuntu 11.04:

#include <boost/interprocess/shared_memory_object.hpp> 
#include <iostream> 

int main() 
{ 
  boost::interprocess::shared_memory_object shdmem(boost::interprocess::open_or_create, "Highscore", boost::interprocess::read_write); 
  shdmem.truncate(1024); 
  std::cout << shdmem.get_name() << std::endl; 
  boost::interprocess::offset_t size; 
  if (shdmem.get_size(size)) 
    std::cout << size << std::endl; 
} 

only to get the following errors:

/tmp/cc786obC.o: In function `boost::interprocess::shared_memory_object::priv_open_or_create(boost::interprocess::detail::create_enum_t, char const*, boost::interprocess::mode_t, boost::interprocess::permissions const&)':
shared_memory.cpp:(.text._ZN5boost12interprocess20shared_memory_object19priv_open_or_createENS0_6detail13create_enum_tEPKcNS0_6mode_tERKNS0_11permissionsE[boost::interprocess::shared_memory_object::priv_open_or_create(boost::interprocess::detail::create_enum_t, char const*, boost::interprocess::mode_t, boost::interprocess::permissions const&)]+0xe0): undefined reference to `shm_open'
shared_memory.cpp:(.text._ZN5boost12interprocess20shared_memory_object19priv_open_or_createENS0_6detail13create_enum_tEPKcNS0_6mode_tERKNS0_11permissionsE[boost::interprocess::shared_memory_object::priv_open_or_create(boost::interprocess::detail::create_enum_t, char const*, boost::interprocess::mode_t, boost::interprocess::permissions const&)]+0x116): undefined reference to `shm_open'
shared_memory.cpp:(.text._ZN5boost12interprocess20shared_memory_object19priv_open_or_createENS0_6detail13create_enum_tEPKcNS0_6mode_tERKNS0_11permissionsE[boost::interprocess::shared_memory_object::priv_open_or_create(boost::interprocess::detail::create_enum_t, char const*, boost::interprocess::mode_t, boost::interprocess::permissions const&)]+0x16c): undefined reference to `shm_open'
shared_memory.cpp:(.text._ZN5boost12interprocess20shared_memory_object19priv_open_or_createENS0_6detail13create_enum_tEPKcNS0_6mode_tERKNS0_11permissionsE[boost::interprocess::shared_memory_object::priv_open_or_create(boost::interprocess::detail::create_enum_t, char const*, boost::interprocess::mode_t, boost::interprocess::permissions const&)]+0x1c0): undefined reference to `shm_open'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

Command I used to compile the file: g++ -o shared shared.cpp

Command I used to install the boost libraries: sudo apt-get install libboost-dev libboost-doc

Answer 1

shm_open is made available by linking librt. Try passing -lrt flag to the linker.

Try: g++ -c -Wall shared.cpp

g++ -L /lib -lrt shared.o -o shared