NAME
pipcrm — remove a POSIX message queue or a POSIX named semaphore
DESCRIPTION
The
pipcrm
command removes one or more specified POSIX message queue or
POSIX named semaphore.
Options
The identifiers are specified by the following
options:
- -q msqname
Unlinks the queue name from the message queue
specified by the argument,
msqname.
If there are
no processes with existing open descriptors for the
message queue, the queue is destroyed. If one or
more processes have the message queue open, the
removal of the queue is postponed until all
descriptors for the queue have been closed.
- -s semname
Unlinks the semaphore name from the semaphore
specified by the argument,
semname.
If there are
no processes with existing open descriptors for the
semaphore, the semaphore is destroyed. If one or
more processes have the semaphore open, the
removal of the semaphore is postponed until all
descriptors for the semaphore have been closed.
The details of the removals are described in
mq_unlink(2),
and
sem_unlink(2).
The names can be found by using
pipcs
(see
pipcs(1)).
STANDARDS CONFORMANCE
pipcrm: NONE
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