IPCRM(1) BSD Reference Manual IPCRM(1)NAMEipcrm - remove the specified message queues, semaphore sets, and shared
memory segments
SYNOPSISipcrm [-M shmkey] [-m shmid] [-Q msgkey] [-q msqid] [-S semkey]
[-s semid] ...
DESCRIPTIONipcrm removes the specified message queues, semaphores, and shared memory
segments. These System V IPC objects can be specified by their creation
ID or any associated key.
The options are as follows:
-M shmkey
Mark the shared memory segment associated with key shmkey for re-
moval. This marked segment will be destroyed after the last de-
tach.
-m shmid
Mark the shared memory segment associated with ID shmid for remo-
val. This marked segment will be destroyed after the last detach.
-Q msgkey
Remove the message queue associated with key msgkey from the sys-
tem.
-q msqid
Remove the message queue associated with the ID msqid from the
system.
-S semkey
Remove the semaphore set associated with key semkey from the sys-
tem.
-s semid
Removes the semaphore set associated with ID semid from the sys-
tem.
The identifiers and keys associated with these System V IPC objects can
be determined by using ipcs(1).
SEE ALSOipcs(1)MirOS BSD #10-current August 8, 1994 1