Ipcrm

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.

ipcrm

Developer(s)	Various open-source and commercial developers
Operating system	Unix, Unix-like, IBM i
Type	Command

System V IPC kernel entities are:

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

Implementations

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

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

See also

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