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ipcrm - remove a message queue, semaphore set, or shared memory ID
ipcrm [ -m shmid ] [ -q msqid ] [ -s semid ] [ -M shmkey ] [ -Q msgkey
] [ -S semkey ]
SUNWipc
ipcrm removes one or more
messages, semaphores, or shared memory identifiers.
The identifiers
are specified by the following options :
- -m shmid
- Remove the shared memory
identifier shmid from the system. The shared memory segment and data structure
associated with it are destroyed after the last detach.
- -q msqid
- Remove the
message queue identifier msqid from the system and destroy the message
queue and data structure associated with it.
- -s semid
- Remove the semaphore
identifier semid from the system and destroy the set of semaphores and
data structure associated with it.
- -M shmkey
- Removes the shared memory identifier,
created with key shmkey , from the system. The shared memory segment and
data structure associated with it are destroyed after the last detach.
- -Q
msgkey
- Remove the message queue identifier, created with key msgkey , from
the system and destroy the message queue and data structure associated
with it.
- -S semkey
- Remove the semaphore identifier, created with key semkey
, from the system and destroy the set of semaphores and data structure
associated with it.
The details of the removes are described in msgctl(2)
,
shmctl(2)
, and semctl(2)
. Use the ipcs command to find the identifiers and
keys.
ipcs(1)
, msgctl(2)
, msgget(2)
, msgop(2)
, semctl(2)
, semget(2)
,
semop(2)
, shmctl(2)
, shmget(2)
, shmop(2)
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