Unit 'ipc' Package
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shmdt

Detach shared memory block.

Declaration

Source position: ipc.pp line 428

function shmdt(

  shmaddr: pointer

):cint;

Description

shmdt detaches the shared memory at address shmaddr. This shared memory block is unavailable to the current process, until it is attached again by a call to shmat.

The function returns True if the memory block was detached successfully, False otherwise.

Errors

On error, False is returned, and IPCerror is set.

See also

shmget

  

Return the ID of a shared memory block, possibly creating it.

shmat

  

Attach a shared memory block.

shmctl

  

Perform control operations on a shared memory block.


Documentation generated on: Dec 06 2024