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¶

Name	Description
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.