ipcrm(1)							   User Commands							  ipcrm(1)

NAME

       ipcrm - remove a message queue, semaphore set, or shared memory ID

SYNOPSIS

       ipcrm [-z zone] [-m shmid] [-q msqid] [-s semid] [-M shmkey] [-Q msgkey] [-S semkey]

DESCRIPTION

       ipcrm removes one or more messages, semaphores, or shared memory identifiers.

OPTIONS

       The following option is supported:

       -z zone	       Keys  specified by other options refer to facilities in the specified zone (see zones(5)). The default is the zone in which
		       the command is executing. This option is only useful when the command is executed in the global zone.

       The identifiers are specified by the following options:

       -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.

       -q msqid        Removes	the  message  queue  identifier msqid from the system and destroys the message queue and data structure associated
		       with it.

       -s semid        Removes the semaphore identifier semid from the system and destroys 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 struc-
		       ture associated with it are destroyed after the last detach.

       -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.

       -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).  Use the ipcs command to find the identifiers and keys.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

       See  environ(5) for descriptions of the following environment variables that affect  the  execution  of	 ipcrm:  LANG,	LC_ALL,  LC_CTYPE,
       LC_MESSAGES, and NLSPATH.

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWipc			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface Stability	     |Standard			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       ipcs(1),  msgctl(2),  msgget(2), msgrcv(2), msgsnd(2), semctl(2), semget(2), semop(2), shmctl(2), shmget(2), shmop(2), attributes(5), envi-
       ron(5), standards(5), zones(5)

SunOS 5.10							    9 Jan 2004								  ipcrm(1)