.TH zmq_ipc 7 "" "(c)2007-2010 iMatix Corporation" "0MQ User Manuals"
.SH NAME
0MQ IPC Transport \- transport to pass messages between processes
.SH SYNOPSIS

Inter-process transport is optimised for passing messages between processes on
the same physical machine.

.SH CONNECTION STRING

Connection string for inproc transport is "ipc://" followed by a file name.
The file will be used as placeholder for a message endpoint. (UNIX domain
sockets associate a file with the listening socket in a similar way.)

.nf
    ipc:///tmp/my_ipc_endpoint
    ipc:///tmp/prices.ipc
.fi

.SH WIRE FORMAT

IPC transport doesn't transfer messages across the network thus there is no need
for a wire format specification.

.SH "SEE ALSO"

.BR zmq_inproc (7)
.BR zmq_tcp (7)
.BR zmq_udp (7)
.BR zmq_pgm (7)

.SH AUTHOR
Martin Sustrik <sustrik at 250bpm dot com>