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24.Dd December 12, 2007
25.Dt IPCRM 1
26.Os
27.Sh NAME
28.Nm ipcrm
29.Nd "remove the specified message queues, semaphore sets, and shared segments"
30.Sh SYNOPSIS
31.Nm
32.Op Fl W
33.Op Fl v
34.Op Fl q Ar msqid
35.Op Fl m Ar shmid
36.Op Fl s Ar semid
37.Op Fl Q Ar msgkey
38.Op Fl M Ar shmkey
39.Op Fl S Ar semkey
40.Ar ...
41.Sh DESCRIPTION
42The
43.Nm
44utility removes the specified message queues, semaphores and shared memory
45segments.
46These System V IPC objects can be specified by their
47creation ID or any associated key.
48.Pp
49The following options are generic:
50.Bl -tag -width indent
51.It Fl v
52If specified once with -W or with -1 for an object, it will show
53all removed objects.
54If specified twice with -W or with -1 for an objects, it will show
55all removed objects and all failed removals.
56.It Fl W
57Try to wipe all specified message queues, semaphores and shared
58memory segments.
59.It Fl y
60Use the
61.Xr kvm 3
62interface instead of the
63.Xr sysctl 3
64interface to extract the required information.
65If
66.Nm
67is to operate on the running system,
68using
69.Xr kvm 3
70will require read privileges to
71.Pa /dev/kmem .
72.El
73.Pp
74The following options are used to specify which IPC objects will be removed.
75Any number and combination of these options can be used:
76.Bl -tag -width indent
77.It Fl q Ar msqid
78Remove the message queue associated with the ID
79.Ar msqid
80from the system.
81.It Fl m Ar shmid
82Mark the shared memory segment associated with ID
83.Ar shmid
84for removal.
85This marked segment will be destroyed after the last detach.
86.It Fl s Ar semid
87Remove the semaphore set associated with ID
88.Ar semid
89from the system.
90.It Fl Q Ar msgkey
91Remove the message queue associated with key
92.Ar msgkey
93from the system.
94.It Fl M Ar shmkey
95Mark the shared memory segment associated with key
96.Ar shmkey
97for removal.
98This marked segment will be destroyed after the last detach.
99.It Fl S Ar semkey
100Remove the semaphore set associated with key
101.Ar semkey
102from the system.
103.El
104.Pp
105The identifiers and keys associated with these System V IPC objects can be
106determined by using
107.Xr ipcs 1 .
108If the identifier or the key is -1, it will remove all these objects.
109.Sh SEE ALSO
110.Xr ipcs 1
111.Sh HISTORY
112The wiping of all System V IPC objects was first implemented in
113.Fx 6.4 No and 7.1.
114.Sh AUTHORS
115The original author was
116.An Adam Glass .
117The wiping of all System V IPC objects was thought up by
118.An Callum Gibson
119and extended and implemented by
120.An Edwin Groothuis .
121