1ipcrm(1) User Commands ipcrm(1)
2
3
4
6 ipcrm - remove a message queue, semaphore set, or shared memory ID
7
9 ipcrm [-z zone] [-m shmid] [-q msqid] [-s semid]
10 [-M shmkey] [-Q msgkey] [-S semkey]
11
12
14 ipcrm removes one or more messages, semaphores, or shared memory iden‐
15 tifiers.
16
18 The following option is supported:
19
20 -z zone Keys specified by other options refer to facilities in the
21 specified zone (see zones(5)). The default is the zone in
22 which the command is executing. This option is only useful
23 when the command is executed in the global zone.
24
25
26
27 The identifiers are specified by the following options:
28
29 -m shmid Removes the shared memory identifier shmid from the sys‐
30 tem. The shared memory segment and data structure associ‐
31 ated with it are destroyed after the last detach.
32
33
34 -q msqid Removes the message queue identifier msqid from the system
35 and destroys the message queue and data structure associ‐
36 ated with it.
37
38
39 -s semid Removes the semaphore identifier semid from the system and
40 destroys the set of semaphores and data structure associ‐
41 ated with it.
42
43
44 -M shmkey Removes the shared memory identifier, created with key
45 shmkey, from the system. The shared memory segment and
46 data structure associated with it are destroyed after the
47 last detach.
48
49
50 -Q msgkey Removes the message queue identifier, created with key
51 msgkey, from the system and destroys the message queue and
52 data structure associated with it.
53
54
55 -S semkey Removes the semaphore identifier, created with key semkey,
56 from the system and destroys the set of semaphores and
57 data structure associated with it.
58
59
60
61 The details of the removes are described in msgctl(2), shmctl(2), and
62 semctl(2). Use the ipcs command to find the identifiers and keys.
63
65 See environ(5) for descriptions of the following environment variables
66 that affect the execution of ipcrm: LANG, LC_ALL, LC_CTYPE, LC_MES‐
67 SAGES, and NLSPATH.
68
70 See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
71
72
73
74
75 ┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
76 │ ATTRIBUTE TYPE │ ATTRIBUTE VALUE │
77 ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
78 │Availability │SUNWipc │
79 ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
80 │Interface Stability │Standard │
81 └─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
82
84 ipcs(1), msgctl(2), msgget(2), msgrcv(2), msgsnd(2), semctl(2),
85 semget(2), semop(2), shmctl(2), shmget(2), shmop(2), attributes(5),
86 environ(5), standards(5), zones(5)
87
88
89
90SunOS 5.11 9 Jan 2004 ipcrm(1)