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From: clp@altos86.Altos.COM (Chuck L. Peterson)
Newsgroups: comp.unix
Subject: System V IPC has no REMOVE_ON_EXIT bit
Message-ID: <1151@altos86.UUCP>
Date: 24 May 89 23:53:54 GMT
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Am I missing something incredibly obvious, or does System V
IPC lack a bit which indicates that the shared memory, semaphore, or
message should be removed automatically when my process exits?
This would be an ultra-cool feature if I could ever figure out how
to do it.

Chuck L. Peterson
clp@altos.com