Manual page for IPCRM(1)
ipcrm - remove a message queue, semaphore set, or shared memory ID
SYNOPSIS
ipcrm
[
primitives
]
DESCRIPTION
ipcrm
removes one or several messages, semaphores, or shared
memory identifiers, as specified
by the following
primitives:
- -q msqid
-
removes the message queue identifier
msqid
from the system and destroys the message queue
and data structures associated with it.
- -m shmid
-
removes the shared memory identifier
shmid
from the system. The shared memory segment and data
structures associated with it are destroyed after
the last detach.
- -s semid
-
removes the semaphore identifier
semid
from the system and destroys the set of semaphores and
data structures associated with it.
- -Q msgkey
-
removes the message queue identifier, created with key
msgkey,
from the system and destroys the message queue
and data structures associated with it.
- -M shmkey
-
removes the shared memory identifier, created with key
shmkey,
from the system. The shared memory segment and data
structures associated with it are destroyed after
the last detach.
- -S semkey
-
removes the semaphore identifier, created with key
semkey,
from the system and destroys the set of semaphores and
data structures associated with it.
The identifiers and keys may be found by using
ipcs.1
The details of removing identifiers are described in
msgctl.2
shmctl.2
and
semctl.2
in the sections detailing the
IPC_RMID
command.
SEE ALSO
ipcs.1
msgctl.2
msgget.2
semctl.2
semget.2
semop.2
shmctl.2
shmget.2
shmop.2
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