shmdt function

Declaration

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
• shmat
• shmctl