ipcrm explained

ipcrm
Developer:	Various open-source and commercial developers
Operating System:	Unix, Unix-like, IBM i
Genre:	Command

ipcrm is a Unix and Linux command which will mark System V interprocess communication API kernel entities for removal. Actual removal is deferred until the last connected process has detached.

System V IPC kernel entities are:

• Shared memory (interprocess communication) segments
• Message queues
• Semaphore arrays

Implementations

On Linux, the command is provided by the util-linux package.

The command has also been ported to the IBM i operating system.^[1]

See also

• List of Unix commands
• ipcs – provide information on ipc facilities

External links

• ipcrm - ipcrm man page

Notes and References

1. Web site: IBM System i Version 7.2 Programming Qshell . en . IBM . . IBM . 2020-09-05 .