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shm_unlink

Section: Realtime Library Functions (3RT)
Updated: 28 Jun 2002
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NAME

shm_unlink - remove a shared memory object  

SYNOPSIS

cc [ flag... ] file... -lrt [ library... ]
#include <sys/mman.h>

int shm_unlink(const char *name);  

DESCRIPTION

The shm_unlink() function removes the name of the shared memory object named by the string pointed to by name. If one or more references to the shared memory object exists when the object is unlinked, the name is removed before shm_unlink() returns, but the removal of the memory object contents will be postponed until all open and mapped references to the shared memory object have been removed.  

RETURN VALUES

Upon successful completion, shm_unlink() returns 0. Otherwise it returns -1 and sets errno to indicate the error condition, and the named shared memory object is not affected by this function call.  

ERRORS

The shm_unlink() function will fail if:

EACCES Permission is denied to unlink the named shared memory object.

ENAMETOOLONG The length of the name string exceeds PATH_MAX, or a pathname component is longer than NAME_MAX while _POSIX_NO_TRUNC is in effect.

ENOENT The named shared memory object does not exist.

ENOSYS The shm_unlink() function is not supported by the system.

 

ATTRIBUTES

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPEATTRIBUTE VALUE
Interface StabilityStandard
MT-Level MT-Safe

 

SEE ALSO

close(2), mmap(2), mlock(3C), shm_open(3RT), attributes(5), standards(5)  

NOTES

Solaris 2.6 was the first release to support the Asynchronous Input and Output option. Prior to this release, this function always returned -1 and set errno to ENOSYS.


 

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SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
RETURN VALUES
ERRORS
ATTRIBUTES
SEE ALSO
NOTES

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