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.

See also List of Unix commands ipcs – provide information on ipc facilities

References

External links ipcrm - ipcrm man page