IPCRM(1)IPCRM(1)NAMEipcrm - remove a message queue, semaphore set or shared memory id
SYNOPSISipcrm [ options ]
DESCRIPTIONipcrm will remove one or more specified messages, semaphore or shared
memory identifiers. The identifiers are specified by the following
options:
-q msqid removes the message queue identifier msqid from the system
and destroys the message queue and data structure associated
with it.
-m shmid removes the shared memory identifier shmid from the system.
The shared memory segment and data structure 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 structure associated
with it.
-Q msgkey removes the message queue identifier, created with key
msgkey, from the system and destroys the message queue 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.
-S semkey removes the semaphore identifier, created with key semkey,
from the system and destroys 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). The identifiers and keys may be found by using ipcs(1).
SEE ALSOipcs(1), msgctl(2), msgget(2), msgop(2), semctl(2), semget(2), semop(2),
shmctl(2), shmget(2), shmop(2)
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