ipcrm(1)						      General Commands Manual							  ipcrm(1)

NAME

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

SYNOPSIS

       [option]...

DESCRIPTION

       The command removes one or more specified message queue, semaphore set, or shared memory identifiers.

   Options
       The identifiers are specified by the following options:

	      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.

	      Remove the message queue identifier
			     msqid from the system and destroy the message queue and data structure associated with it.

	      Remove the semaphore identifier
			     semid from the system and destroy the set of semaphores and data structure associated with it.

	      Remove 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.

	      Remove the message queue identifier, created with key
			     msgkey, from the system and destroy the message queue and data structure associated with it.

	      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  removals	are described in msgctl(2), shmctl(2), and semctl(2).  The identifiers and keys can be found by using (see
       ipcs(1)).

SEE ALSO

       ipcs(1), msgctl(2), msgget(2), msgop(2), semctl(2), semget(2), semop(2), shmctl(2), shmget(2), shmop(2).

STANDARDS CONFORMANCE

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