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23.Dd August 31, 2006
24.Dt SHM_UNLINK 2
25.Os Darwin
26.Sh NAME
27.Nm shm_unlink
28.Nd remove shared memory object
29.Sh SYNOPSIS
30.Fd #include <sys/mman.h>
31.Ft int
32.Fn shm_unlink "const char *name"
33.Sh DESCRIPTION
34The
35.Fn shm_unlink
36function disassociates the shared memory object specified by
37.Fa name
38from that name.
39The resources associated with the shared memory object remain intact
40until the last file descriptor reference is removed, e.g., by
41.Xr close 2
42or
43.Xr munmap 2 ,
44at which point the resources are reclaimed
45(if no references exist at the time of the call to
46.Fn shm_unlink ,
47the resources are reclaimed immediately).
48The name can only be reused
49when it is bound to a new shared memory object with a call to
50.Xr shm_open 2
51with the
52.Dv O_CREAT
53flag.
54.Sh RETURN VALUES
55Upon successful completion, a value of 0 is returned.
56Otherwise, a value of -1 is returned and
57.Va errno
58is set to indicate the error,
59and the named shared memory object will remain unchanged.
60.Sh ERRORS
61The
62.Fn shm_unlink
63succeeds unless:
64.Bl -tag -width Er
65.It Bq Er EACCES
66Permission is denied to be remove the object.
67.It Bq Er ENAMETOOLONG
68.Fa name
69exceeded the name size limit.
70This is currently
71.Dv PSHMNAMLEN
72characters (defined in
73.In sys/posix_shm.h ) ,
74but this may change in the future.
75.It Bq Er ENOENT
76The named object does not exist.
77.El
78.Sh SEE ALSO
79.Xr close 2 ,
80.Xr mmap 2 ,
81.Xr munmap 2 ,
82.Xr shm_open 2 ,
83.Xr shmat 2 ,
84.Xr shmctl 2
85.Sh HISTORY
86.Fn shm_open
87is specified in the POSIX Realtime Extension (1003.1b-1993/1003.1i-1995).